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I cannot shake it off. Something terrible is in store for them. What it may be, I know not. But I am impressed with the duty of preaching a judgment to come to them, this very afternoon. I will do it". A slight rattling of dishes at the door announced the arrival of Bess, with a tray of refreshment for Mr. Brown, and, at the same moment, the tinkling of a bell below, summoned Mr.
So the conspiracy succeeded finely; and Mrs Jo went home, feeling more like a traitor than ever. She expected an explosion; but Dan took the news so quietly, it was plain that he cherished no hope; and Mrs Amy was sure her romantic sister had been mistaken. If she had seen Dan's face when Bess went to say good-bye, her maternal eye would have discovered far more than the unconscious girl did.
She was a slim, rosy, bright-eyed, smiling specimen of girlhood, and, though on this first morning she was manifestly afflicted with shyness, she had the appearance of one whose acquaintance might be worth making. Ingred decided to cultivate it at the earliest opportunity, and spoke to the new arrival at lunch-time. Bess replied readily to the usual questions.
"But, then," the boy thought, "there's only one Nan Sherwood in the world. Guess I can't expect Grace to run a very close second to her." However, when the girls did appear Grace was chattering just as excitedly as Bess Harley herself; and she led Inez by the hand. "Yes, she shall! She'll go right home with me now sha'n't she, Walter?" Grace cried.
Somehow, I jest couldn't make out to wait till morning, Bess." "Oh, you," she laughed, with a demand for more of this sort of chaffing in her hazel eyes. At this kind of rough give and take he was an adept. After breakfast he stayed and helped her wash the dishes, romping with her the whole time in the midst of gay bursts of laughter and such repartee as occurred to them.
Up hill and down hill, over rough creek-beds, down the Gold City road, they flew. How Job wished for Bess! She could have outdistanced any horse, but Dick was not her equal. The hoof-beats in the rear grew louder.
She wished to call on the lovely actress whom she had met the day of her adventure in the department store. She wanted to inquire if she had seen or heard anything of the runaways, Sallie and Celia. "I'd dearly love to go with you," Bess observed. "Just think of your knowing such a famous woman. You have all the luck, Nan Sherwood."
"Because I am not ready yet to have the boys know all our plans, and to trust one of them Bess Robinson, you know our boys. What one knows the rest can guess." "That's so," mused Bess. "Is that the cottage?" "Yes, right over there," and Cora indicated a light through the trees. "I am glad they are still up!" It was only a few steps further, and this space was rapidly covered.
But the Annapolis sailed away down the bay, and never another glimpse we caught of my lady. If perchance, my dears, there creeps into this chronicle too much of an old man's heart, I know he will be forgiven. What life ever worth living has been without its tender attachment? Because, forsooth, my hair is white now, does Bess flatter herself I do not know her secret?
"Grace won't slide if I don't, although Nan knows how to steer just as well as I do." "Of course she does," said Bess, with assurance. "We don't need a boy around," she added saucily. "They're very handy animals to have at times," said the professor, drily. "Wait a bit, Miss Riggs!" he added sharply. "First come, first served, if you please. You are number three. Wait your turn."
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