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He had made up his mind to explore the dreaded Rattlesnake Ledge of the mountain, to examine the rocks, and perhaps to pick up an adventure in the zoological line; for he had on a pair of high, stout boots, and he carried a stick in his hand. High up on one of the precipitous walls of rock he saw some tufts of flowers, and knew them for flowers Elsie Venner had brought into the school-room.
"Only this once," she repeated. "It is too late," returned Elizabeth. "I knew the day would come it is here!" "But he can't discover anything, Bessie, when everybody is abed." "Have you thought what I must do?" she broke in. "The horror of appealing to that man is almost worse to bear than exposure and ruin." Elsie wrung her hands. "Don't give way now.
"I know he walked down the holler to see John Cross's kids." "Hish!" she cried, looking about in alarm, as though the doctor had gone off on a murderous expedition. "You can jist say he won't be home till it's late. I guess there'll be no harm in them knowin' that. Now mind." Elsie gave a parting glance full of warning, and Tim answered with a solemn wink.
Everybody has their failin's, they do say, and after all if she don't do worse than eat choc'late-creams and munch headache-tablets, why, she's pretty harmless as ladies go. Mis' Jonathan Metcalf as goes to his church is just as yellow and I don't know but what yellower, and bedizened as well, and a regular shrew in her own house." "Katy, I don't know what you mean," Elsie returned with dignity.
"Don't touch me," she said, faintly; "don't touch me!" "Should I poison you?" cried Elsie, angrily. "One would think I was some dreadful reptile." "No, no; don't be angry! I need all my strength! Let me alone, Elsie; don't speak to me." "The carriage is at the door," said Elsie, "and Mrs. Harrington is waiting; for mercy's sake don't let her think anything is wrong.
And Vi will be sorely disappointed if you are not present on the occasion so important to her." "I must certainly go," he mused, laying down the letter. "I should not like to miss it. Vi will be as lovely a bride as Elsie was. I have never been able to decide which of the two is the more beautiful; but I wonder that she is allowed to marry so young just nineteen!
"When we have done wrong, my dear little girl as we do all sometimes it is much more noble to acknowledge it and ask pardon, than to try to hide our faults; and you know, dear little Elsie," he added in a graver tone, "that the Bible teaches us that children must obey their parents." "Yes, Mr.
"I congratulate you upon the possession of such a treasure," said the visitor, with unfeigned admiration, as, with the eye of a connoisseur, he noted the fine points about the sleek, slim animal, who eyed him suspiciously. "Thank you. How is Elsie to-day?" "More nervous than I have seen her since the accident, and some of her symptoms are rather discouraging, though there is no immediate danger.
She made Elsie keep some of the money. Mr. Barnes is goin' to England next week to help settle the matter for Lady Rosalie. He says she's got nearly a million dollars tied up some'eres. It's easy sailin', though, 'cause Mrs. Banks says so. Did you hear what Rosalie said when she got convinced about bein' an English lady?" "No; what did she say?"
"Oh, you selfish, insatiable monster! not an hour ago you promised to be perfectly content if I would only say I might care for you sometimes, and there now you go!" "I am a selfish wretch," said Tom, struck with remorse. "And selfishness is such a dreadful failing," rejoined Elsie. "It is, I know it." "In a man." "Oh!" exclaimed Tom, a little astonished at the close of her sentence.
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