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After a minute of uncertainty, his curiosity triumphed over his discretion and he put, in an apologetic tone, an equally indelicate question. "What about old Reuben Merryweather's granddaughter? Has she been provided for?" For an instant Mrs. Gay looked at him with shining, reproachful eyes under a loosened curl of fair hair which was threaded with sliver.

The first of thy offences was to consume more than thy portion of the cold meats; the second was to suffer Reuben Ring to kill the deer, and for thee to claim it; and a third was the trick thou hast of listening so much to thine own voice, that even the blasts fled thee, from dislike of thy noise." "Thou triflest unseasonably, Faith; I would speak with the Captain, without delay."

"Hullo, my sonnies, here you be, then!" said Reuben Dewy at length, standing up and blowing forth a vehement gust of breath. "How the blood do puff up in anybody's head, to be sure, a-stooping like that! I was just going out to gate to hark for ye." He then carefully began to wind a strip of brown paper round a brass tap he held in his hand.

"But, Jeanie, consider your word and plighted faith to me; and would you undertake such a journey without a man to protect you? and who should that protector be but your husband?" "You are kind and good, Reuben, and wad take me wi' a' my shame, I doubtna. But ye canna but own that this is no time to marry or be given in marriage. Na, if that suld ever be, it maun be in another and a better season.

'I come of a Roundhead stock, I answered, 'and my folk have always fought for the liberty of the people and the humbling of tyranny. I come in the place of my father. 'And you, sir? our questioner continued, looking at Reuben. 'I have come to see something of the world, and to be with my friend and companion here, he replied.

Their road will lead them not far from this, when you can rejoin them, and I will pay them a visit." "But I could not show my face among them without Reuben and Mike. I should feel as if I had deserted my friends, without attempting to rescue them," I said.

"How provoking of her not to come to tea properly. Well, Peter? How was it all?" He was guilty of abominable rudeness. He burst from the room without a word and banged, desperately, the door behind him. The shout of applause with which "Reuben Hallard" was greeted still remains one of the interesting cases in modern literary history.

'But if they would not go away, little mistress, asked Reuben, 'what were you to do then? 'I was to drive them 'way, she answered, advancing boldly against us with many flaps. 'You bad man! she continued, flashing out at me, 'you have broken granny's bolt. 'Nay, I'll mend it again, I answered penitently, and catching up a stone I soon fastened the injured staple.

It seemed to him that his uncle told some queer tales at home about their summer stock. And when Reuben announced his intention of going by himself to Woodhead, and leaving David at home, the boy was still more astonished.

"Sartain, my dear." "But, Reuben, I am not good-tempered like I used to be; I am very often cross; and " "That is because you have been all alone, with no one to care for you, Hannah, my dear. You couldn't be cross, with me to love you," said Reuben soothingly. "But, indeed, I fear I should; it is my infirmity; I am cross even with Ishmael, poor dear lad."