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Leslie was now much more interested in hearing about the place of his dreams than in the present inspection of San Leon; and encouraged by this Alfaretta made Dolly tell how she and Molly had once visited the Academy and Molly's cadet cousin, Tom Hungerford.
'Cause I could take a few more if you say so." Helena looked at the big basket of trout and laughed, then shivered at the echo of her own laughter in that place, which seemed full as "solemn" to her as it did to the more accustomed Mattie. They were soon back at the inn, Mattie at once proceeding to show Alfaretta that she could do some fine cooking herself; and between them they made Mrs.
Do call it Jim, junior," argued Alfy. "Yes, sissy, but but it ain't that kind of a lamb," observed the Captain, siding with his favorite at once. Molly giggled and even Helena smiled, but Alfy simply pouted. "Huh! Well, then if Jim won't do, call her Jiminetta that'd be after me and him, too, same's I'm Alfaretta."
"So they did Jim! Seems if there wasn't anything doing on this ranch but just getting lost," wailed Alfaretta, turning a little pale; while Molly nervously begged: "Somebody tie me fast! Tie me fast! It'll break my father's heart if I get lost, too!" Captain Lem came up at that moment. He looked so stern and unlike himself that the young folks were all of them awed by his manner.
But to-day, Alfaretta had forgotten to remove the pot from the stove while she did her "noon dishes" and taken her intermediate nap, with the result that the suppawn was burned and even the cat wouldn't touch it. And although she had whisked it off the fire as soon as Monty had disappeared, her trained nose told her that this was a supper spoiled for everybody.
"Why, I go to your church," said the still injured Alfaretta, "to Mr. Ward's. We're to have that hymn on Sabbath" "Oh, there must be some mistake," remonstrated Helen. "I'm sure Mr. Ward did not notice that verse." "But it's all like that; it says" "Don't tell me any more," Helen said. "I've heard enough. I had no idea such awful words were written."
I'm sure I wish he were safely housed in one of our own outbuildings rather than roaming the fields on such a night. Even an old blanket thrown into one of the box-stalls would have been comparative comfort." "Y es'm," assented Alfaretta, with small enthusiasm.
Deciding the latter course to be preferable, she timidly followed the vanishing candle down the long hall to where a barricade of bars and chains and bolts made admission from without a matter of some moments. "Hold the candle, Alfaretta, while I unfasten the door," commanded the Madam, and the girl had to obey.
A whole horse a whole livin' horse A whole horse!" "Well, you wouldn't want a half one, would you, Miss Babcock? Nor one that wasn't living?" demanded Monty, laughing. "Quit crying and let's choose, for that's what Leslie said we were to do. Is that correct, Mr. Ford?" "Entirely. But see to it that your choice falls each on a different animal! Suppose you begin, alphabetically. Alfaretta first."
But Alfaretta could not go on, and the elder would not betray his own lack of memory by attempting to quote. "So you see," he continued, "it isn't any use to talk of how good and kind she is, or what she does; it is what she believes that will settle her eternal salvation." But Alfaretta was unconvinced.
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