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The presence of a gentleman of leisure although threatened with consumption became an all-absorbing topic in two villages and three hamlets, and more than one swain, hitherto successful, felt the wind blow colder. But in a fortnight it was known that a petticoat did not make Isaac Worthington even turn his head. Curiosity centred on Silas Wheelock's barn, where Mr.
"My playmate was Magdalen Brant," she said. "Her playmates were pure Mohawk." "Do you mean to tell me that this painted savage is kin to that lovely girl who came with Sir John and the Butlers?" I demanded. "They are related. And, cousin, this 'painted savage' is no savage if the arts of civilization which he learned at Dr. Wheelock's school count for anything. He was secretary to old Sir William.
Next morning she was still there. Solomon gave her food again and when they resumed their journey they saw her following. "She'll go to the end o' the road, I guess," said Solomon. "I'll tell ye what we'll do. We'll leave her at Mr. Wheelock's School." Their trail bore no further signs of Harpe and his followers.
Wheelock's school return to their tribes and, in a summer, sink to the level of the painted sachem, every vestige of civilization vanished with the knowledge of the tongue that taught it." "I have seen that," said Schuyler, frowning. "And I by your leave, sir I have seen it, too!" said Mount, savagely. "There may be some virtue in the rattlesnake; some folk eat 'em!
But a young man of three and twenty, with an independent income of four hundred dollars a year! or any income at all not derived from his own labor was unheard of. It is said that when the stage from over Truro Gap arrived in Brampton Street a hundred eyes gazed at him unseen, from various ambushes, and followed him up the walk to Silas Wheelock's, where he was to board.
Isaac Worthington came to Coniston not once, but many times, before the snow fell; and afterward, too, in Silas Wheelock's yellow sleigh through the great drifts under the pines, the chestnut Morgan trotting to one side in the tracks. On one of these excursions he fell in with that singular character of a bumpkin who had interested him on his first visit, in coonskin cap and overcoat and mittens.
But a young man of three and twenty, with an independent income of four hundred dollars a year! or any income at all not derived from his own labor was unheard of. It is said that when the stage from over Truro Gap arrived in Brampton Street a hundred eyes gazed at him unseen, from various ambushes, and followed him up the walk to Silas Wheelock's, where he was to board.
The presence of a gentleman of leisure although threatened with consumption became an all-absorbing topic in two villages and three hamlets, and more than one swain, hitherto successful, felt the wind blow colder. But in a fortnight it was known that a petticoat did not make Isaac Worthington even turn his head. Curiosity centred on Silas Wheelock's barn, where Mr.
Worthington turned to Jethro, who was stooping over the bark. "If you come to Brampton, call and see me," he said. "You'll find me at Silas Wheelock's." He got no answer, but apparently expected none, and he started off down the Brampton road in the direction Cynthia had taken. "That makes another," said Jake, significantly, "and Speedy Bates says he never looks at wimmen.
Isaac Worthington came to Coniston not once, but many times, before the snow fell; and afterward, too, in Silas Wheelock's yellow sleigh through the great drifts under the pines, the chestnut Morgan trotting to one side in the tracks. On one of these excursions he fell in with that singular character of a bumpkin who had interested him on his first visit, in coonskin cap and overcoat and mittens.
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