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"Of course," the Colonel went on, with a conciliatory touch in his words, when he had waited some time for his daughter to speak and she spoke not "of course you do not care a straw for him, Phyllis; I know that. The daughter of a Sommerton couldn't care for such a "
Bannister is going to beat you, and get the nomination," she archly remarked. "If he does, I'll deed you Sommerton Place!" As he spoke he glared at her as a lion might glare at thought of being defeated by a cub. "To him and me?" she inquired, with sudden eagerness of tone. "If he " "Phyllis!" he interrupted, savagely, "no joking on that subject. I won't " "No; I'm serious," she sweetly said.
Eva Sommerton, of Boston, knew that she lived in the right portion of that justly celebrated city, and this knowledge was evident in the poise of her queenly head, and in every movement of her graceful form.
"Sir," said Miss Sommerton, turning partly round, "I came to the St. Maurice for the purpose of viewing its scenery. I hoped to see it alone. I have been disappointed in that, but I must insist on seeing it in silence. I do not wish to carry on a conversation, nor do I wish to enter into a discussion on any subject whatever. I am sorry to have to say this, but it seems to be necessary."
"But my picture is in the foreground. You must destroy that plate." "You will excuse me, Miss Sommerton, if I tell you I shall do nothing of the kind. It is very unusual with me to deny the request of a lady, but in this case I must do so. This is the last plate I have, and it may be the one successful picture of the lot. I shall, therefore, not destroy the plate."
The footing was not of the safest, and Miss Sommerton watched him with some anxiety as he slipped and stumbled and kept his place by holding on to the branches of the overhanging trees. "Pray be careful, Mr. Trenton," she said; "remember you are over the water there, and it is very swift." "The rocks seem rather slippery with the dew," answered the artist; "but I am reasonably surefooted."
"Well, it's a nice town," said Mason, with a noncommittal air. "It hasn't the advantages of Three Rivers, of course; but still it is a very attractive place in some respects." "In some respects, yes," said the artist. Two days later Mr. John Trenton called at the house on Beacon Street. "Miss Sommerton is not at home," said the servant. "She is in Canada somewhere." And so Mr.
That magnificent speech meant to me the most beautiful wife in America, and the handsomest estate in this noble county." If Tom Bannister had been boisterously applauded before this, it was as nothing beside the noise which followed when Colonel Mobley Sommerton was declared the unanimous nominee of the convention.
Colonel Sommerton was preparing a speech for the occasion. The manuscript of it lay on the desk in his library. About this time it was near September 1st and the watermelons and cantaloupes were in their glory the Colonel was called away to a distant town for a few days. In his absence Tom Bannister chanced to visit Sommerton Place.
He gave his word of honor that he would cease all objections to giving his daughter to me in marriage, and that furthermore he would deed Sommerton Place to us as a wedding present, if I beat him for the nomination. Mr. President and fellow-citizens, do you blame me for memorizing his speech?
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