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Mrs. Ellis's prejudices against her was still strong; but, as Gertrude was always civil, and Emily prudently kept them much apart, no unhappy result ensued. She went often to see Mrs. Sullivan, and, as the spring advanced, they began to look for news of Willie. No tidings had come, however, when the season arrived for the Grahams to remove into the country for the summer.
"He feels it very much," said Miss Ruth. "Yes," returned Miss Deborah; "he has been sorting the papers all the afternoon. I must go and see Willie to-morrow." "Oh, I'll do that," Miss Ruth answered. "I cannot help feeling that it is my place." "Not at all," replied Miss Deborah firmly; "the miniature shows plainly his sentiments towards me. I know he would wish me to look after Willie.
Unconsciously the speaker's hand strayed to the gun at his belt, while his smile was grim. Speed started. "What day shall we set?" inquired Stover. Wally rapidly calculated the date of Culver's arrival, and said: "A week from Saturday." Covington would soon be en route, and was due to arrive a few days thereafter. "We'd like to make it to-morrow," ventured Willie.
I'd give a man everything I possess if he'd think up some plan to rid me of that eel grass." "Why don't you set Willie on the job?" asked Captain Benjamin. "Ain't I told Willie over an' over again about it?" Zenas Henry replied, turning with exasperation on the speaker. "Ain't I hinted to him plain as day thrown the bait to him times without number?
And he was to go into the lobby and give her three kisses, one after the other ... peck, peck, peck ... and then it would be his turn to call for someone, and Aggie would expect him to call for her! ... Willie Logan had called for a girl.
"As they came to the Poodle Dog Johnny said, 'There is some one here I want to speak to. And after they were inside he said, 'Excuse me a moment, so Willie Felton took a table near the door, saw Johnny talk with Rood, saw Rood upset his chair as he went out, and Johnny follow him out of the door.
But he also complained of his own father's stinginess, which somewhat, though not much, alleviated Susan's dislike to being awakened out of her pure dream of love to the consideration of worldly wealth. But in the midst of all this bustle, Willie moped and pined. He had the same chord of delicacy running through his mind that made his body feeble and weak.
Carson turned to me and said: "Ge-lem-a mo cass-a la-mis-mo ta-casso tades vases; meaning, Willie, my house shall be your home at any and all times." As I do not write Spanish, I simply give the sound of her words as she spoke them-or as I would. I was highly pleased with the manner in which Mrs.
She read it through, and a blush of pleasure tinged her cheeks as she did so. "A church wedding, Willie, and you invited; and then there's a a a de-jun-er. I guess that means a spread at the house of the bride's mother." "But me! Ma: why, I'd feel like a fish outer water among the bunch that'll be there, unless," he added thoughtfully, "'Chuck' Epstein goes too, and I can hang onto him."
Little Willie was coiled up asleep in a sheepskin. While we stood, Willie roused up out of his nest, and came to see what was going on; his sister, however, motioned him to go back, and, like a discontented little puppy, he made a low sort of whine, and buried himself again, head and all, in his sheepskin.
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