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Perhaps he thought , under the circumstances , this would be a doubtful kindness . But the time came when he did bring one there . And the happenings leading to that result were these : It was a day in the first week in June and Captain Obed , having business in Wellmouth Centre , had hired George Washington , Mrs. Barnes ' horse , and the buggy and driven there . The business done he left the placid George moored to a hitching-post by the postoffice and strolled over to the railway station to watch the noon train come in . The train was , of course , late , but not very late in this instance , and the few passengers alighted on the station platform . The captain , seated on the baggage-truck , noticed one of these passengers in particular . He was a young fellow , smooth-faced and tall , and as , suitcase in hand , he swung from the last car and strode up the platform it seemed to Captain Obed as if there was something oddly familiar in that stride and the set of his square shoulders .