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Jarvis would think of a big girl, going on twelve, who could conduct herself in such a shocking manner? Elizabeth mourned over her shortcomings, and longed to be proper and genteel. At the same time, while she condemned herself for the traitorous thought, she had almost come to look upon the expected visit as a not altogether unmixed blessing. For the Mrs.
It had ended, professionally, at a lonely little house in the heart of the forest, which Jarvis Hildreth, dying but a scant year since, had bequeathed to his orphaned children, Madge and Roger.
"I was telling Aunt Jarvis you were here, Beth," he said one evening as he passed the chocolates to Mrs. Coulson. Annie looked interested. "I suppose Mrs. Jarvis would not recognize Elizabeth now," she said tentatively. "She said she'd like to see her. Why don't you come and call on aunt, and bring her?" asked the boy. But Mistress Annie knew better than that, and made some vague excuse.
Then, without a word on either side, Jarvis had dropped Sally's hand and was rushing to the door, for the train was under way. Remembering suddenly that this happened to be the last car on the train when she came in, Sally hurried through it to the rear. There they were, lined up in a solid row, and as she appeared, their hats came off and were waved in the air.
Looking up at her from below it also occurred to Jarvis that the plain and unrelieved dark blue of Sally's whole attire somehow served only to heighten the probable effect of her upon the observant public, and he longed fiercely himself to double the thickness of that veil and tie it tight about her head, requesting her not to untie it till she was safe in Uncle Timothy's presence!
The captain noticed that there was some discrepancy in the music and came on deck to see about it. Wading through the brass horns he came up to where the band had been, and found Nick Jarvis beating blazes out of the bass drum and Harve Hill carving the Blue Danube out of the snare drum, and that was all the music there was.
Then he bent forward over the corpse, and took from around the neck a string to which a little cheap locket was attached. "He always wore that, poor boy," said one of the men. Deever turned to where Dr. Jarvis stood. The face of the doctor was whiter than paper, as the moon shone down upon it. "What do you say now, Jarvis?" said Deever, coldly. "Do you confess your crime?"
John in order more effectually to promote the interests of the company by superintending, in conjunction with Simonds and White the various operations that were being carried on there, his partner Leonard Jarvis removed to a place called Dartmouth, one hundred miles from Newburyport, leaving his investment in the business untouched so as not to embarrass the company at a critical time.
It's late and I am sleepy." That had been while the leaves were still upon the trees. The next morning and thenceforward Elspeth seemed to make a point of cheerfulness. It passed with her aunt and the helpers in the house. Jarvis Barrow appeared to take no especial note if women laughed or sighed, so long as they lived irreproachably.
'Looking for my property. 'Take it, and begone! 'I will, to-morrow. All this apart, and with the rapidity of lightning. 'His name is Jarvis, father, and we must keep him with us, said Silver. 'Yes, dear, as long as he wishes to stay; but no doubt he has home and friends waiting for him. They went within, Silver leading the way. Old Fog's eyes gleamed and his hands were clinched.
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