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Once upon a time in Ashcroft there lived a "Simon" who had no knowledge of the purchasing value of his salary asset.
The Too Sure Man has a burden in Lillooet supported by others which he can come and lift at any time, and welcome. Of the Unloved Man Once upon a time in Ashcroft a bachelor fellow realized abruptly that he had never been loved by one of the opposite sex, although he had reached the age of two score and two, and had a great longing to have one included in his assessable personal property.
She foresaw that her plans were threatened with failure. The two men chatted throughout the evening, and Dr. Crawford had never of late seemed happier. It gave him new life and raised his spirits to chat over old times with his early friend. The next morning Ashcroft said to his host: "Paul, let us take a walk to the village." Dr. Crawford put on his hat, and went out with his friend.
"You surely have not forgotten how displeased I was with you this forenoon for teasing your sister!" said Mrs. Ashcroft in a tone of severity. "But, mamma, Carry has forgotten it now; and I told her I was sorry," said Herbert eagerly. "I'm sure all I did to her couldn't hurt her so very much." "Perhaps not, my son," said Mrs.
Would that I had never come to Ashcroft, or had had the courage to leave it! These last six weeks, I do not know, I cannot tell, how they have been spent. Thornton was ever by my side, and I did not wish him away. We sat this afternoon on the lawn under the great ash-tree, the one under which he sat reading Dante to Eleanor the last day she was with us.
She could not have shown more plainly that the invitation was not approved by her. "Madam does not want me here," thought Ashcroft, as he fixed his gaze once more upon his friend's wife. Again the face looked familiar, but he could not place it. "Have I not seen you before, Mrs. Crawford?" he asked, abruptly. "I don't remember you," she answered, slowly.
The sideboard was replenished, and the hens were persuaded to work for their own family. Even the willows ceased to weep; and, oh, my! but it was a beautiful resurrection. And thus Paradise was gained again. Of the Two Ladies in Contrast Once upon a time in Ashcroft two ladies were thrown into the same society; because in Ashcroft there is only one class.
As a man often gets into trouble trying to keep out of it, so the Ashcroft chaps lost by trying to win; and here it is consoling to know that all a man does or says in this world sinks and lies motionless in the silent past, for in this case it will only be a matter of time when people will cease to remember.
Cooper Blachford, down from the Poker Flat mining-camp, this side the Finlay Rapids, in the Selwyn Mountains. They reached that camp by way of Ashcroft, B.C., in twenty-two days, the Peace River route being very much longer and more difficult.
A few minutes later Dr. Crawford opened his eyes. "Are you feeling better, Paul?" asked Ashcroft, anxiously. "Didn't I hear something about Carl something terrible?" "Carl is alive and well," said he, soothingly. "Are you sure of that?" asked Dr. Crawford, in excitement. "Yes, I have the best evidence of it. Here is Carl himself." Carl came forward and was clasped in his father's arms.
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