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To the north lies Milford; but to the south lies that enchanting land, blue in the distance, misty in the sun, which the heart delights to call its home. It is the land we see from any hilltop. As we gaze at its far off rises, its hazy, shadowy valleys, we feel within us a longing and a faint melancholy.
When I first proposed bringing her to you, you asked me if she was a relation; I told you he was distantly related to me. I hope soon to be able to say that distant relationship has been transformed into a very near one. I hope soon to call Honoria Milford my wife."
Very good religious hymns, no doubt, but not quite so attractive as Mother Goose would have been to the little fellow. After learning a few hymns and a few words in Latin, he was set to making verses in that language, when he could not read a story book without spelling half the words." "How preposterous!" exclaimed Miss Milford. "Somewhat absurd, I will admit," said Mr. Dapper, bowing.
To Wellfleet, to Orleans, to Chatham went the telephone call, to Harwichport and then back again to the little towns on the bay side of the Cape, for the wild-cat and its keepers did not follow a straight course in their meanderings. It was some time before Mr. Milford succeeded in locating them.
Somers drove from Milford early in the afternoon. Mr. Somers was affable and patronizing. When introduced to Veronica, he betrayed astonishment. "She is not like you, Cassandra. Are you in delicate health, my dear!" addressing her. "I have a peculiar constitution, I believe." He made excuses to her for Mrs. Somers and his daughters to which she answered not a word.
Then we'll be certain to hit the spot." Richard picked up the compass, and rubbed the polished sides of the nut in which it was set. "I'll keep this out instead of a nickel. I wonder what the fellow's name was that this D. D. stands for?" Half an hour later two bloody-minded sea-robbers slipped through the back gate of the Milford place and took their stealthy way out into the dunes.
Zechariah Whitman, also came over in the "True Love," either at that time or soon after, and lived at Milford, Conn. A son of this Zechariah, named Joseph, migrated to Huntington, Long Island, and permanently settled there. It is quite certain that from that beginning, and from Joseph, the West Hill Whitmans, and all others in Suffolk county, have since radiated, myself among the number.
Milford nodded pleasantly when she went out to the car, saying, "Hop in, kiddie," but he did not turn around after they started and she did not feel well enough acquainted with him to shout out questions behind his back.
It is to be put in rehearsal on Monday, and billed for Monday-week. How's that for high, eh? 'Good, dear boy, good! said the tragedian, and the two shook hands. 'But that's not all, said the new-comer. 'Milford was there. 'The London Milford? asked Mr. Cameron. 'The London Milford, said the other. 'Milford of the Garrick.
"I think the works were very wonderful," said Lord Milford, as he was cutting a pasty; "and indeed, Mrs Trafford, everything here is quite charming; but what I have most admired at your place is a young girl we met the most beautiful I think I ever saw." "With the most beautiful dog," said Mr Mountchesney. "Oh! that must have been Sybil!" exclaimed Mrs Trafford.
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