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He stopped, to allow the statuesque Miss Chester to sail out under escort of a wizened little man with a horseshoe pin in his tie, whose name, in company with nearly all the others that had been spoken to him since he came into the room, had escaped Ashe's memory. "You were nearly making a bloomer!" said Miss Willoughby brightly. "You must be absent-minded, Mr. Marson like his lordship."
"My father says 'Squire Chase is not any better than he ought to be," added Dick Chester, who had returned with Little Paul. "He is a very hard man," replied Paul. "But I must go home again. I shall see you before I leave town;" and the poor fellow turned away to hide his tears. "Poor Little Paul!" said Tony, when he had gone. "How I pity him!" added Henry Brown.
"Oh, let them alone," said Uncle John, but the official, mumbling that it was against the rules of the hotel, summoned a porter and ordered him to throw the lads out. "Are you going to let them kick us out, Uncle John?" asked Chester, in English. Uncle John turned quickly, and walked straight up to him. Stooping he gazed searchingly into his face and then turned to Hal.
At Chester the annual pageant on Midsummer Eve included the effigies of four giants, with animals, hobby-horses, and other figures. At Coventry it appears that the giant's wife figured beside the giant. At Burford, in Oxfordshire, Midsummer Eve used to be celebrated with great jollity by the carrying of a giant and a dragon up and down the town.
Hal, seeing that his quarry was about to make good his escape, suddenly grew angry. Bringing some tactics learned on the football field into play, he dashed forward, hurling spectators to right and left. In another moment he, too, had reached the edge of the crowd and, with a cry, dashed ahead. He did not pause to see whether Chester was behind him. All he thought of was to overtake the fugitive.
When the boat steamed down the muddy little river, Chester was on board of her. He was glad to be out of Belltown, for he was anything but sure that he would not encounter some Upton people as long as he was in it. They often went to Belltown on business, but never to Montrose.
The first night we arrived at Chester, and put up at the Albion Hotel, where we found ourselves very comfortable. We took the rail at twelve the next day, and went as far as Milnethorpe station, where we engaged seats in an old-fashioned stage-coach, and came to Newby Bridge.
Many were the wild speculations the girls indulged in with regard to Americans, what they would look like, and what they would say and do. Great, then, was their surprise, when the travelers arrived, to find that their aunt Chester was very like their mother in appearance and dress. Mr.
In my opinion you're a first class snooper." "What?" exclaimed the little man, fairly dancing with rage. "Snooper? Me a snooper? What do you mean?" "Of course you are," replied Chester; "and a good one. Why, I can remember once or twice that if you hadn't been a good snooper Hal and I wouldn't be here now. Remember?"
At that moment Captain Derevaux's opponent succeeded in shaking off the captain's grip, and, springing to his feet, leveled his rifle, which he snatched from the ground as he arose, squarely at the young Frenchman. With a shout Chester sprang forward, picking up a rifle as he leaped, and aimed a smashing blow at the man's head.
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