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Even Aileen had not been shot at with a pistol. And then Tildy rather hoped that he would not shoot at her, for she was always loyal to Aileen; and she did not want to overshadow her friend. At 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the third day Mr. Seeders came in. There were no customers at the tables. At the back end of the restaurant Tildy was refilling the mustard pots and Aileen was quartering pies.
And you know me just as well as I know you. Don't you know you do?" "Not so that it overwhelms me," laughed Beverly. "Where did you meet Miss Ashby?" asked Aileen who felt it was about time she came in for this wholesale discovery of "auld acquaintance." "Oh, I beg your pardon. This is Aileen Norman, the third girl for suite 10. She's from Charlottesville and ought to know your family too.
As they stood under the trellis-work porch the merchant turned round and gazed at the sun, which was just dipping into the horizon, flooding sea and sky with golden glory. "Aileen," he said in a low voice, "I have commenced life at last life in earnest. I was a poor fool once. Through grace I am a rich man now."
Champney left his seat and taking the tea-things from her placed them on the table. Aileen busied herself with setting all in order and twirling the tea-ball in each cup of boiling water, as if she had been used to this ultra method of making tea all her life. "By the way, Aileen "
Bolts were shot, keys turned; from the lighted front parlour came the notes of the sweet-toned square piano, and Ailsa's voice: "Dear are her charms to me, Dearest her constancy, Aileen aroon " "Never mind any more of that silly song!" exclaimed Celia, imprisoning Ailsa's arms from behind. "Youth must with time decay, Aileen aroon, Beauty must fade away, Aileen aroon " "Don't, dear! please "
"So ye've j'ined the majority in this town, hev ye, Aileen? I don't say ez I'm blamin' anybody fer wantin' his pay; I'm jest sayin' it don't set well on me the way they go at it to get it. How's the quickest way to git up a war, eh? Jest keep talkin' it up talkin' it up, an' it's sure to come.
With a girl like Aileen there could be no trifling what then? He cursed himself for his heedless folly, yet he knew well enough that he would not have denied himself that moment of bliss when the girl in response to his whispered words of love gave him her first kiss, and with it the unspoken pledge of her loving heart.
The twins knew by the tone of her voice that there was no further appeal to be made. "You can wash up the dishes while Aileen's gone; my head is so bad. Don't be gone too long, Aileen," she said, going to the door with her.
"I've been thinkin' about ye, Aileen, and what ought to be done in this case," began her father without preliminaries of any kind once they were in his "office room" in the house together. "You're on the road to ruin if any one ever was. I tremble when I think of your immortal soul. I want to do somethin' for ye, my child, before it's too late.
He writhed in the strong grasp. "I won't either. I haven't been half-back on our team for nothing; so stand still." And Romanzo stood still, perforce. Another minute and Aileen came running up the lane. She was wearing the same heavy shoes, the same dark blue cotton dress, half covered now with a gingham apron Mrs.
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