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Startled by the abruptness of his announcement, Lloyd almost dropped the hot sealing-wax on her fingers instead of the envelope. His haste seemed to communicate itself to her, for, springing up, she stood with one hand pressing her little signet ring into the wax, while the other reached for the stamp-box. "I'll be through in half a second," she said. "This lettah should have gone off yestahday.
Then with a rush he began: "I been think typewutta has, oh, many many many many thing. Oh many many many many." "Many keys. I see." "No-o? Yes-key! Many many many many lettah. Like so a-b-c." "Yes, you're right." "Wait. I tell." He screwed his face up in a tremendous effort to express himself: "I been think many words end same. Like i-n-g." "You bet. A whole raft of them."
Cornie Dean said a messenger boy had just come out to the Hall on a bicycle with a special-delivery lettah from home. I was so suah something awful had happened I could hardly run, it frightened me so." "And we thought maybe something had happened at 'The Beeches," interrupted Allison, "and that mamma had written to you to break the news to us."
That's the owner of this house, and I belong to him. I'se Caesar Moncrieffe. Here's the lettah, sah." He handed a folded paper to Harry, who opened and read it. It was addressed to the chief of whatever officers might be occupying his house, and it ran thus, somewhat in the old-fashioned way: SIRS AND GENTLEMEN: The bearer of this is Caesar Moncrieffe.
"I reckon dey's 'vantages everywhah fu' anybody dat wants to wu'k." "Yes, but what kin' o' wages does yo' git? Why, de Johnsons say dey had a lettah f'om Miss Smiff an' dey's gettin' 'long fine in de Nawth." "De Johnsons ain' gwine?" "Si Johnson is " Then the woman stopped suddenly. "Oh, hit's Si Johnson? Huh!" "He ain' goin' wid me.
"Well, uncle, what can I do for you?" It was Mark who spoke. "Well, sah, seein' as how I found a lettah addressed to you " "A letter?" "Yes, sah." The old darkey was fumbling with his hat, trying to withdraw the letter he had put away so carefully. "I found it down the street, sah, neah one of them thar big for'n houses." "Where?" The word was almost shouted as Mark jumped to his feet.
Some message for Dorothy from Betty Washington, no doubt, and I turned moodily back toward the stables to get out my horse, for I was determined to leave the place without delay. But I was arrested by the negro calling to me. "What is it, Sam?" I asked, as he cantered up beside me. "Lettah f'um Kuhnal Washin'ton, sah," he said, and handed me the missive. I tore it open with a trembling hand.
"For goodness' sake, what is it, then?" demanded Lloyd. "Don't tease me by keeping me in suspense, Betty. You know that anything about mothah or The Locusts must concern me, too, and that I am just as much interested in the special lettah as you are. I should think it would be just as much my business as yoah's."
An' I lived in one place where the lady got a lettah every othah day." "But I mean when the husband's gone for a long, long time, off to sea or to another country, and is dreadfully busy, like Captain Burrell is when he's on his ship." Melindy gave a short laugh. "Huh! Let me tell you, honey, when a man wants to write he's gwine to write, busy or no busy."
There are only trifles in it, but the box will mean a lot to them, for Cousin Hetty never has time to make anything of Christmas." Lloyd sat up with a sudden exclamation. "Oh, Betty, I beg yoah pah'don. There's a lettah for you in my bag from some of them that I forgot to give you.
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