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"Your present position is much more favorable for your work," replied Jack, "it is exceedingly doubtful whether the company will have any use for the services of Mr. Barden."
His grand object was to repair all his castles, which had been much injured daring the wars, and he expended vast sums of money in fitting up some of them with princely magnificence; but his own favourite residence was a quiet retreat called Barden Tower, near Bolton Priory, in Yorkshire.
The mother died here and Melissa married a man named Barden. Melissa says she was very happy on the plantation where they danced and sang folk songs of the South, such as "Sho' Fly Go 'Way From Me", and others after their days work was done. When asked if she objected to having her picture taken she said, "all right, but don't you-all poke fun at me because I am just as God made me."
The strangeness of his new life being irksome to him, Lord Clifford spent most of his time in Barden Forest at one of the keeper's lodges, which he adapted for his own use. There he hunted and studied astronomy and astrology with the canons of Bolton.
"Barden," supplied the young man, carelessly. Idy sank back against the corral fence as if she were stunned. "Barden!" she repeated helplessly. "Is your name Barden?" "Yes." She stood breathless a moment, and then burst out: "An' you're him! you an' doin' this way, after the way you've done an' him sick an' me talkin' to ye an' an' everything!"
In reply to an inquiry of his regarding the present situation of affairs, Houston informed him of the arrangement just completed by which he was to have entire charge of the work at the mines for the next few weeks, until the coming of Mr. Barden.
"Kill him!" sneered the girl; "I want ye to get even with 'im! 'Tain't no great trick to kill a man; any fool can do that. I want ye to get ahead of 'im!" She glowed upon him in angry magnificence. "Idy," said her lover, sidling toward her tenderly, "when you flare up that a-way, you mustn't expect me to think about Barden. You look just pretty 'nough to eat!"
She's got spunk. When she catches anybody in a mean trick she don't quote poetry to 'im; she gives 'im the straight goods. Some folks call that temper. I call it sand. There'll be a picnic when she gets hold o' Barden!" Parker raised the field-glass again, and leveled it on the Starkweather homestead. "There's the infant now, grubbin' greasewood.
"What does Idy think about it?" queried Mose innocently. "Idy stands up fer her pa; that's what I like about 'er. I like a woman that'll back a man up, right er wrong; it's proper an' female. It's what made me take a shine to 'er." "You wouldn't want her to back Barden up."
The old crowd's there Ben Brimmer and Martin Sayles and Mordaunt and Mack and Barden. I've chartered the Arethusa, and invited 'em to spend a month with me along the New England coast. We're not having a time of it oh no! or my name isn't Chauncey Pike!" His eyes dwelt curiously on the details of Percy's costume and occupation. "What you masquerading for? Hiding from the sheriff?"
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