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"And in return, little Sprite, I'll ask a favor," he said. "Call me 'Uncle John, just as Rose does, and Polly does the same." "Oh, I will, I will!" she cried. "I've always wanted to." "You will feel more at home with an uncle so near," he said, gently. Already the boys and girls of Avondale were talking of the opening of school. Of all the eager ones, Sprite Seaford was the most excited.
So shall the realm abide in peace and evil-doers be put down, the peaceable prevented with power, and the Earl of Douglas stand openly in the honourable place of his forebears." The Chancellor finished his reading and looked around for approbation. James of Avondale was nodding gravely. de Retz, with a ghastly smile on his face, seemed to be weighing the phrases.
John Ffrench, and you would n't do for a manager of Avondale. You would have the run swarming with a most tenacious type of trespassers before you knew what you were doing. Neither had I ever seen the new Avondale boundary man; but I was prejudiced against him also.
Sherwood had given, she had met the boys and girls who had come from Avondale for that evening. They had all liked the "little Sea Nymph," as they had called her, and now were glad to renew the acquaintance. There was one small girl who, thus far, had shown no interest in Polly's guest, and that was Gwen Harcourt.
He noticed the undoubted resemblance of Sir William Dornton to his missing benefactor, and yet it produced a singular repulsion in him, rather than any sympathetic predilection. At table he found that Miss Avondale was separated from him, being seated beside the distinguished guest, while he was placed next to the young lady he had taken down a Miss Eversleigh, the cousin of Sir William.
Manson and Sanders arrived during the night, and the latter with his brigade of mounted men was, at dawn of the 14th, placed on the north of the city in the village of Avondale. Manson with the transports was held in readiness to move further up the river. Feeling the net drawing about him, Morgan gave his men but two or three hours' rest near Harrison, and then took the road toward Cincinnati.
But at the same moment a slight, graceful figure slipped out of the woods just ahead of him, with no other protection from the pelting storm than a handkerchief tied over her hat, and ran as swiftly toward the wharf. It needed only one glance for Randolph to recognize Miss Avondale.
Leslie brought his shaggy eyebrows together in a perplexed frown. "Must say, I can't understand how the fellow makes such friends. Your case is hardly less puzzling than that of the Earl of Avondale." "Hey? Oh, you mean young Scarbridge. He seems to be one of the right sort even if he is the son of a duke. But if Tommy hadn't introduced him as a friend "
Together they watched, until Gyp was out of sight. "They say folks here in Avondale are going to make Gyp go to school," said Polly, "but I shouldn't think they could do it, and if they could, just think how he'd act!" "I can't think," said Sprite, her eyes dancing, "but I know I'll like to watch him the first day."
At last after reading the list of imposing names again and again, they decided that, after all, Beauty best suited the lovely creature. "To think that you are to live here at Avondale again!" Polly said, when at last the name had been chosen. "Yes, and to think that there's only one house between yours and mine!" said Rose.
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