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`` Here 's twenty -- '' `` Go to thunder with your money , '' retorted Lime . `` I 've had my pay for my month 's work . '' As he said that , he thought of the sunny kitchen and the merry girl , and his throat choked . Good-by to the sweet girl whose smile was so much to him , and to the happy noons and nights her eyes had made for him . He waved his hat at her as he stood in the open gate , and the sun lighted his handsome head into a sort of glory in her eyes . Then he turned and walked rapidly off down the road , not looking back . The girl , when she could no longer see him , dashed away , and , sobbing violently , entered the house .