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No one seemed to have any hats or bonnets, but there were a great many Japanese-looking sunshades. And among the trees were hung lamps of coloured glass. 'I expect they light those in the evening, said Jane. 'I do wish we lived in the future! They walked down the path, and as they went the people on the benches looked at the four children very curiously, but not rudely or unkindly.
My heart sympathized with her, and I even made some steps forward to restore him; but the sight of the savage crowd, with their tattooed bodies, filled me with such terror, that I retreated involuntarily to the grotto, where my children, alarmed by the noise, were hiding themselves. "'Why do the people cry out so? said Sophia, 'they frighten me.
So the matter was postponed, much to the dissatisfaction of the three children who would have left for Connecticut that very day, had not their parents restrained them. "Wait, until we get news from Mr. Rawlins," Mr. Bradley finally suggested, and to this all agreed. After a few days the Indian guide, who was in Mr.
Haddo was a woman of about thirty-eight years of age. She was tall and handsome, of a somewhat commanding presence, with a face which was capable, in repose, of looking a little stern; but when that same face was lit up by a smile, the heart of every girl in the school went out to her, and they thought no one else like her. Mrs. Haddo was a widow, and had no children of her own.
My father was satisfied with this disposition, and was glad to hear me propose to have a French teacher in the house, both for my sake and for that of the other children. I studied in good earnest by myself at the same time, going through the usual discipline of German girls.
The French treated chiefs as equals, and tribes as brothers and children; lived in their lodges, ate of their food, created good feeling by distributing presents, interfered little with ancient customs, traded fairly, and forebade whiskey. The English despised the Indians, lived apart, demanded rather than asked, were stingy in trading, and cheated by means of liquor.
The children were her great solace, but the toil of attending to them was almost beyond her powers, and if it had not been for her boy, she felt as if she must have been quite overwhelmed.
"Well," grumbled the man, "we didn't come to market to find lost children."
Holbrook came forward to the steps, as the boys and girls gathered around him. "Children," said he, "we have had a good time, haven't we?" "Yes, sir!" came in a loud chorus from many voices. "Yes; I thought you acted as though you felt pretty happy.
The latter compares Himself to a Father who cares for his children, and who has redeemed the world by an infinite sacrifice.
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