It would do no good, and
it might do harm."
"I think I have taken a part already," said Joe, somewhat hurt.
"Yes, I know. I am very grateful, but I hope you will not think any more
about it, nor allow it to influence you in any way."
"But what is the use of friends if they do not take a part in one's
quarrels?" asked Joe.
John looked at her earnestly for a few seconds, and saw that she was
perfectly sincere. He had grown to like Josephine of late, and he was
grateful to her for her friendship. Her manner that morning, when she told
him of her discovery, had made a deep impression on him.
"My dear Miss Thorn," he said earnestly, in a low voice, "you are too good
and kind, and I thank you very heartily for your friendship. But I think
you were very wise not to cut Vancouver, and I hope you will not quarrel
with anybody for any matter so trivial." The color came to Joe's face, but
not for anger this time.
"Trivial!" she exclaimed.
"Yes, trivial," John repeated. "Remember that it is the policy of that
paper to abuse me, and that if Vancouver had not written the article, the
editor could have found some one else easily enough who would have done
it.
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