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From now on I shall be the one to be told to do things, I shall be the child to be kept in order. It's a queer moment in the life of a mother, Geordie." She laughed, but she didn't catch her tears before they were halfway down her cheeks. "I'm an old lady, my dear." Harley gave one of his hearty, incredulous laughs. "You, old.
It seems half real, half Hell-hound! I commented. 'It's easy talkin', replied Geordie contemptuously, 'but if he had had a hand o' yor breeks ye'd have knawn he was damned real, Aa's warrant ye, and he spat on the ground with emphasis. 'My aunt saw the hound a year ago, I continued, 'but it didn't chase her; it only growled and frightened her.
He knew all their names, too, though sheep are so wonderfully like each other." "Did he though?" exclaimed Geordie. "He must have more wit than Gowrie's shepherd, then. He has been wi' them for more than a year now, and I dinna think he knows the one from the other so well as I do."
Graham clasps both her boy's hands in her own in speechless sympathy. It cannot all be joy, for this means miles and miles of separation that must come all too soon. Geordie can scarce believe his ears. Oh, it is too good!
"Maybe and maybe not," said Dolly, dubiously. "Alicia is awfully clever, and if she sets out to do a thing, she generally carries it through. And her head is full of crazy, romantic thoughts. She'd rather elope than to go back to school, I know she would. She told me she'd do anything to get out of going back to school." "That makes it look serious," agreed Geordie.
It was only too evident that the two were planning some secret doings. They went off by themselves and sat on a davenport in a corner of the room, and continued to converse in whispers, oblivious to all about them. Dolly and Geordie purposely walked past the other pair, and distinctly heard Marly say something about a rope ladder.
Geordie shouted, "Back, Elsie; back on the stepping-stones!" but it was too late. Elsie lost her presence of mind, and wavered backward and forward for a moment, till it was impossible to save herself by taking refuge on the other side of the stream, where Blackie, not knowing the advantage of stepping-stones, would probably not have troubled himself to follow her.
"Douse your fires, there!" was the first order. "Look well to your horses, sergeant. Stay here in charge. I'll send word what to do." Then, with eager stride, Geordie hurried away after the messenger, Connell close at his heels.
They swore to the birth of the child on the day mentioned, and that Jessie Maitland, who was presented to them in court by Geordie Willison himself, was that child.
"Well, I happen to have a little story with a moral to it in my mind, and I will tell it, though it is intended for younger children than you," answered Rose, who was rather fond of telling instructive tales. "Fire away," said Geordie, and she obeyed, little thinking what a disastrous story it would prove to herself.
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