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His lips moved stiffly, but he smiled a little, and at length whispered slowly, "Yes; I guess I'm all right." "Put him into my cutter; Maud, get in here, too," the doctor commanded, with all the authority of a physician in a small village. The crowd opened, and silenced its muttered comments as the doctor and Troutt helped the wounded man into the sleigh.
Suddenly Brann gave a shrill yell and stood up in his sleigh. The gallant little bay broke and fell behind; Brann laughed, the blacks trotted on, their splendid pace unchanged. "Let the sorrel out!" yelled somebody. "Let him loose!" yelled Troutt on the corner, quivering with excitement. "Let him go!" Albert, remembering what the fellow had said, let the reins loose.
Patches of green grass, appearing on the sunny side of the road where the snow had melted, led to predictions of spring from the loafers beginning to sun themselves on the salt-barrels and shoe-boxes outside the stores. A group sitting about the blacksmith shop were discussing it. "It's an early seedin' now mark my words," said Troutt, as he threw his knife into the soft ground at his feet.
If you didn't strike him, they'll say you run him into the culvert, 'n' every man, woman, 'n' child'll be down on you, and me f'r bein' related to you. They all know how you feel towards him for cuttin' you out with Maud Welsh." "Oh, don't bear down on him too hard, Joe. He didn't mean t' do any harm," said Troutt, who had followed Ed down to the store.
Maud's eyes dilated with instant solicitude. The rest sprang up in surprise, with shouts of delight, as hearty as brethren. "Ginger! I'm glad t' see yeh!" said Troutt, so sincerely that he looked almost winning to the boy. The rest crowded around, shaking hands. "Oh, I'm on deck again."
Welsh silenced her, and said: "Run right along, dear; it's just the nicest time o' day. Are there many teams out?" "They're just beginning to come out," said Albert. "I'll have a cutter around here in about two jiffies; be on hand, sure." Troutt was standing in the sunny doorway of his stable when the young fellow dashed up to him. "Hullo, Uncle Troutt!
He joked Troutt till Maud begged him to stop, and after the rest had gone he remained seated at the table, enjoying the indignant color in her face and the flash of her infrequent smile, which it was such a pleasure to provoke. He volunteered to help wash the dishes. "Thank you, but I'm afraid you'd be more bother than help," she replied. "Thank you, but you don't know me.
Troutt was standing in the sunny doorway of his stable when the young fellow dashed up to him. "Hullo, Uncle Troutt! Harness the fastest nag into your swellest outfit instanter." "Aha! Goin' t' take y'r girl out, hey?" "Yes; and I want 'o do it in style." "I guess ol' Dan's the idee, if you can drive him; he's a ring-tailed snorter." "Fast?" "Nope; but safe.
Albert admired the hands of the girl, which no amount of work could quite rob of their essential shapeliness. She was not more than twenty, he decided, but she looked older, so wistful was her face. "They's one thing ag'in' yeh," Troutt, the liveryman, remarked to Hartley: "we've jest been worked for one o' the goldingedest schemes you ever see!
Suddenly Brann gave a shrill yell and stood up in his sleigh. The gallant little bay broke and fell behind; Brann gave a loud laugh; the blacks trotted on, their splendid pace unchanged. "Let the sorrel out!" yelled somebody. "Let him loose!" yelled Troutt on the corner, quivering with excitement. "Let him go!" Albert remembered what the fellow had said; he let the reins loose.
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