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She did this almost in fear of the consequences. Who would read her letter now that the guerrilla chief was dead? In the appeal Janice pleaded for her father's life and for news of him. Days passed and there was no reply. But the letter, with her name and address on the outside, was not returned to her. Broxton Day's fate was discussed no more before Janice at home.
The box was on my troonk and when Willie come up the stairs for it, I grab de box and pitch it up hyar. I don't know you vant it, Janice and your fader." "Well," sighed Broxton Day, when he heard the good news and had the treasure-box in his hands, "'All's well that ends well. But what a peck of trouble that Swedish girl made us!" "No, no I" exclaimed Janice warmly. "I did it. It was my fault.
"Yet Olga's going," said Mr. Broxton Day, still thoughtfully, "was skillfully planned just as though she had everything arranged for it before the row this morning. Don't just understand that." "Oh, Daddy! You don't suppose Olga was one of those awful crooks we read of in the papers?" Mr. Broxton threw back his head and laughed in his very heartiest fashion.
There was always a fluttering at Janice's heart when she received a letter from her father. She always dreamed of him as a mariner skirting the coasts of Uncertainty. There was no telling, as Aunt 'Mira often said, what was going to happen to Broxton Day next.
"Sho' not! Sho' not," chuckled the old woman. "And Mammy Blanche jest as spry now, an' able to do for you, as she used to be." "What? Have you come to stay with us awhile, Mammy Blanche?" asked Broxton Day. "Your brother?" "Esek is daid. His wife's gone back to her own people. Ah ain't got nobody, nor nohin' of mah own in dis here worl' Mistah Brocky, onless dey is under dis here roof.
Carringford was careful in his diet; and she never seemed to contradict him or to thwart his wishes. She had a way with her that Janice could but admire and pattern after. The girl saw that even daddy was not quite his very sensible self when he was an invalid. He had to be humored at times; and they did all that was possible to keep him from fretting. Broxton Day had been a very active man.
Such excursions delighted Janice, especially with daddy. It made her feel positively grown up to be taken about by such a well-groomed and handsome man as Broxton Day. And almost everywhere they went people seemed to know daddy. Even the managers and waiters at the inns and restaurants knew him, for Mr.
He led the way into the living room. Mrs. Watkins gave a violent sniff at their departure. Then she finished her coffee. It was not going to be altogether pleasant sailing with Mrs Watkins in the house. Broxton Day saw that to be the fact, plainly and almost immediately. Janice had realized it even before her father had occasion to mark Mrs. Watkins' most prominent characteristic.
I wonder if, after all, being able to see the fun in things isn't the biggest blessing in the world. I am sure Miss Peckham isn't happy, and she never sees anything funny at all! But daddy " When she told him at dinner time how Delia had departed on the rubbish wagon with her angry father, Broxton Day laughed so that he could scarcely eat. "But what are we going to do?" cried Janice.
"A correspondent of mine in Cleveland has written me about a family of Carringfords, and I shouldn't be surprised if these were the same people. If they are " "What's all the mystery, Payne?" asked Broxton Day, with sudden interest, for he saw that the lawyer meant more than he had said. "If this is Alexander Carringford's widow, I don't know but my news is in two pieces." "Meaning?"
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