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At this stage in her meditations, nurse laid her head on her pillow and was soon fast asleep. The next morning promised a perfect day, and Hester, Annie, and Nan met in high spirits in the breakfast-room. The post had not yet arrived, but a letter was lying on Hester's plate. "That's in dad's writing," said Nan, going up and examining it critically; "now what's up?"
Here come the white-faces." The two Englishmen had hurried down from the bridge and across to the sand-bar, where they stood admiring the length of the Mugger. Then a native with an axe cut off the big head, and four men dragged it across the spit. I was a Mutiny baby, as they call it. Poor mother was in the boat, too, and she often told me how she fired dad's old pistol at the beast's head."
Looks like you'd either got to be like Mother or Inez Rodman." "Your mother's all right. Only Dad's broke her just like he broke old Molly horse." "Did I ever say my mother wasn't all right? Only I'll tell you one thing, Doug Spencer, Inez Rodman's given me more sensible warnings about men than my mother ever did." Douglas wore a worried expression. "Seems like there's something wrong about that.
"I swan to man!" exclaimed Bailey, almost tearfully, as the trio wandered through the rooms of the Cy Whittaker place, dodging paper hangers and plasterers; "I swan to man, Whit, if it don't almost seem as though I was a boy again. Why! it's your dad's house come back alive, it is so! Look at this settin' room! Seem's if I could see him now a-settin' by that ere stove, and Mrs.
Watson, don't wait," interrupted Jack. "I don't know what to make of dad's being so late. But we're used to getting our own meals, so you needn't worry. We'll get along all right." "Oh, I know you will. For two men for you are getting so big I shall have to call you a man," and she smiled at him. "For two men you really get along very well indeed."
He thinks it's all nonsense. He says he's raisin' me to take charge of this boat some day. But, gee whiz, he's countin' on the wrong chicken. Anyway, by the time dad's done sailin' this boat, it'll be fit fer the scrap heap." "Why do you want to be a civil engineer?" the girl asked. "Do you know anything about the work?" "Y' bet I do," and Eben smacked his lips.
I had grown up believing myself to be Dad's own, very own daughter! and I had been deceived all my life! for he told me I was nothing but a nameless child, left on his hands by a stranger!" Mr. Medwin opened his small eyes in amazement, he was completely taken aback.
They had reached the cabin, and he stopped on the threshold. "My, my," he said softly, "don't it look homey? There's your Dad's old chair, and the dresser and the melodion. I was 'fraid you'd sold that, Annabel." "I could have, there's been plenty of chances, but Dad gave it to me, don't you remember? the Christmas I was sixteen."
It was the big business venture of his life and he took a strong personal interest in running it. Now, because of Bromfield's intention to use for his own advantage the proxies made out in his name, he was likely to lose control. With Bromfield in charge the property might be wrecked before he could be ousted. "Dad's worrying," Beatrice told Lindsay. "He's afraid he'll lose control of the mine.
Kathleen will take your school an awful drop for the kids, but what joy for the big boys. She and I will read together in the evenings. The farm will go on. Sam and Joe are really very good and steady; Joe at least, and Sam most of the time. Dad's new work will not take him from home so much, he says. And next year me for the fine arts and the white lights of Winnipeg.
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