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Sir Philip was taking his after-dinner doze in his arm- chair; and little Philip was standing by Anne, who was doing her best to keep him from awakening his grandfather, as she partly read, partly romanced, over the high-crowned hatted fishermen in the illustrations to Izaak Walton's Complete Angler. He had just, caught by the musical sound, made her read to him a second time Marlowe's verses,
On the way, Juggie and Tony were secured as new members of the column, and thus augmented, this eager temperance band appeared at Mr. Walton's door. Ushered into the study, Miss Barry told her errand. "We need a temperance meeting very much, and we will have it at St. John's, and I want you boys the club, Miss Barry to do the most of the singing," said Mr. Walton. "We will," said Sid.
He wondered why they had not skipped immediately after Jake Walton's release, but finally concluded that they had remained in the city for a day or two to disarm suspicion. "Where did they go?" he inquired, as soon as he could command his voice to speak calmly. "To the Grand Union Station.
It seemed to him that whole minutes had passed, although in reality the old-fashioned clock at the end of the hall had ticked not more than thrice. He felt the color surging into his face, and at last sheer desperation loosened his tongue. "Is there anything I can do " he began. But at the very same moment Evelyn Walton's power of speech returned likewise, and
Only the first and second floors were devoted to tavern purposes; on the ground floor were shops, from one of which the first edition of Izaak Walton's "Complete Angler" was sold, while another provided accommodation for the grocery business of Abraham Cowley's father.
And then Miss Mullett came out and I went home." "Who's Miss Mullett, Zephania?" "She's Miss Walton's friend. They live there together in the Walton house every summer. Folks say Miss Mullett's very poor and Miss Walton looks after her." "Young, is she?" "Not so very. She's kind of middle-aged, I guess. She's real pleasant. Miss Walton thinks a lot of her." "And they're here only in the summer?"
Walton's nice sense of honor commended him to a large circle of customers in the interior and in Michigan, whilst nearly all the Canadian business with Cleveland passed through his hands. His Canadian customers relied implicitly on his word, and the fact that he always retained his old friends, and received constant accessions of new, sufficiently proved that their confidence was not misplaced.
"It's all Miss Walton's work, I assure you," said Gregory. "As Pat declared, 'I'm not meself any more, and shall surprise you, sir, by asking if I may go to the prayer-meeting. Miss Walton says I can if I will behave myself. The last time I went to the old place I made faces at the girls. I suppose that would be wrong." "That is the sin of our age making faces," said Annie.
They set off, and when they got near to the village the coachman stopped, and called out to know if it were the first, or the last of the red cottages he was to stop at; and Mrs. Walton's maid said, "The last, the cottage in the garden." So they stopped at such a pretty cottage, with a little garden before and behind it. Mr.
If he still could induce Annie to be married almost immediately, as he greatly hoped, all would be well. If not, then he would assume that they were the same as married, and at once take his place so far as possible at the head of the household, in accordance with Mr. Walton's wish.
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