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"You understand we be poor people in these parts." "Don't mention that, ma'am," said one of the seamen, politely. "There's no talk of favours, as between us and Madame," called out the other. They passed the Commandant and saluted. On a sudden it struck him that these men would expect a small monetary acknowledgment for their trouble; and hastily nodding good-morning to Mrs. Banfield and Mrs.
One lovely October day Bill Banfield and I in some way got a skiff, and early in the morning rowed over the river to the Missouri side, and spent the day there, strolling about in the woods. The country was wild and rough, and practically in a state of nature. We confined our rambling to the river bottom, which was broad and extensive, and densely covered with a primeval forest.
Banfield, with a curtsey, and gazed hard at his basket. "Nothing wrong up to the garrison, I hope?" "So far as I know, ma'am, nothing at all." "Seein' that great stack of luggage go up the hill," explained Mrs. Medlin, "why naturally it made a person anxious.
"The Lord Proprietor, Mrs. Banfield, has a strong will of his own; but I certainly never heard that he was unjust." "Then you haven't heard, sir, what's happening over on Saaron?" "On Saaron, ma'am?" "On Saaron, sir.... Eh? No, to be sure.... Folks may suffer on the Islands in these days, but what use to tell the Governor?
Banfield to the blue-painted doorway behind her. "It don't matter, that I can see, where the woman used to live," said Mrs. Banfield; "but it do matter to my mind that a Tregarthen has farmed Saaron for six generations, and now 'tis pack-and-go for 'em." "But why?" "Why?" echoed Mrs. Banfield, fiercely. "Because, as you was tellin' just now, sir, my lord has a strong will.
I assigned the general and one of the other officers to a seat near the front in one of the ambulances, and Bill Banfield and I occupied the seat behind them, and the remaining guards and prisoners rode in the other conveyance. There was only one remark made on the entire trip back to Franklin, and I'll mention it presently.
Banfield, the Lord Proprietor has nothing to do with the military command here, either to appoint or to dismiss. I cannot forbid your gossipping; but it may help you to know that every soldier on the Islands holds his post directly under the Crown." Mrs. Banfield gazed at the basket with the air of one who, seeming to yield, yet abides by her convictions.
Banfield, "'Granted, ma'am, I said, 'but, food or no food, I'd sooner swallow it than believe what you were tellin' just now." "And what was that?" asked the Commandant, turning on Mrs. Medlin. "Why, sir, knowing the Lord Proprietor to be no friend of yours " "Hush, Mrs. Medlin hush, if you please!" "Of course, sir, if you don't want to hear "
The Commandant's eyes grew round in his head as he stared at Mrs. Banfield, who answered by nodding her head briskly, as though each nod was the tap of a hammer driving home a nail. "What? Eli Tregarthen that married Cara's younger daughter that used to live " The Commandant recited this much in the fashion of a child repeating "The House that Jack Built." His gaze wandered past Mrs.
"What is not right?" she asked; and, while he hesitated, "You are not telling me that her letters have hidden anything?" "No." "Is it illness, then? Has anything happened to the children?" "No," he answered again, and without more ado he told her the news he had heard from Mrs. Banfield.
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