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Though why he couldn't drive his h'own team, if he'd such an 'ankering for the ribbands, he muttered to Dingee as he got down, 'I'm sure is a perplexity. 'Wanted to drive Missee Hazel, said Dingee, climbing like a cat into the other conveyance, and proceeding to drive Mr. Rollo's man nearly out of his wits. 'You never does sound de gen'lman, Mas' Gotham. Telled you so long ago.
Ah, she said, dashing off the tears which had gathered in her eyes, 'if you really think I can take no better care of myself than that, you should not have said I might go with those people to-morrow! A rose's thorns are for protection, sir! And away she went, out of the room and up the stairs; and Mr. Falkirk heard no more till Dingee entered with fruit and biscuits.
'Missee Hazel hope you'll enjoy yours, sar, she take her's upstairs. Mr. Falkirk put on his hat and walked down to his house. It was a slight fiction on the part of Dingee, to say that Miss Hazel was taking her fruit upstairs; indeed the whole message was freely translated from her 'Dingee, attend to Mr. Falkirk's lunch, I don't want any. Presently now came Dingee to her with another message.
How glad she had been to take them from Dingee at the door. 'Well, my dear! said Mr. Falkirk, with an accent of unmistakeable pleasure, and something behind it, 'you have slept long to-day. Were you home so late? 'I suppose it was late, sir. I lost no time, and so took no note. How do you do to-day, Mr. Falkirk? 'Able to move, I think. I shall get about in a day or two more.
'There is much more awaiting you, then, than you expect. Take care of that acacia branch! See, you must send Dingee, or somebody who is your factotum? down here with pruning tools. If I didn't know what to expect, I would try hard for a saw and do it myself this morning. You have scratched your hand! 'Never mind yes, I should have kept on gloves, but it was so warm. What do you expect, Mr.
Before excitement reached that point, she always got hurt, or troubled, or timid and just now she was too tired. If he told her to sit there and count her fingers, she should hardly have spirit to resist. How ever had he dared to take hold of said fingers as he had done! and with that came a sudden rush to Miss Kennedy's cheeks which made her wish she could go for hot chocolate instead of Dingee.
The publication of the Wisconsin Citizen, established in 1887, was continued in spite of limited finances. Its first editor was Martha Parker Dingee from Boston, a niece of Theodore Parker, who gave her services for seven years. After that the editors were Mrs. Helen H. Charlton, Miss Lena V. Newman and Mrs. Youmans.
And the second thing was, that Miss Kennedy, in a cloud of fresh muslin and laces, came out again upon the steps, and, calling Dingee to follow her, began to speed away through the old trees at a sort of flying pace. It was late afternoon now; with lovely slant sunbeams and shadows falling across the slope, and a tossing breeze, and the birds at their evening concert.
'Thank you, Phoebe, said the gentleman at last, 'I am very much obliged to you. I will see what is best to be done. And with a kind nod to the girl he left her. But Collingwood walked every step of the way from there to the door of the house. Dingee answered the first summons, also showing his teeth with pleasure at sight of Mr. Rollo; and ushering him in, darted away on his errand.
Well she knew it had to come; but she could have found in her heart to execute summary justice on Dingee for the announcement, nevertheless. Nobody saw her eyes, and nobody could help seeing her cheeks; but all else that transpired was a very reserved: 'Good morning, Mr. Rollo. You are just in time to enliven Mr. Falkirk's breakfast, over which he ran some risk of going to sleep. Perhaps Mr.
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