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'If he does not prove himself, Mr. Falkirk, "I'll none of him!" 'How shall a man prove to you that he does not want Chickaree and your money, my dear? 'Instead of me. I think I should know, she answered slowly, so much absorbed in the question that she almost forgot its personal bearing. 'Mr. Falkirk, false and true cannot be just alike? 'Remember that in both cases so much is true.
Dane was ready, there was no doubt of that; but Mr. Falkirk was on the verandah also, when the little mistress of Chickaree come forth to be mounted; and for the occasion the red squirrel went back to the old grave punctilio of manner he could assume when he pleased.
With undimmed faces and unsoiled foot-gear they paced on, rood after rood, and Vixen, drooping her head, followed at their heels. The groom had been sent back with the cob, and Rollo walked with the bridle of Vixen in his hands. Chickaree was reached at last. 'What do you expect to find here? said he, as they entered the gate and were going up the ascent. 'Mr. Falkirk.
Threading her way among the beautiful woods of Chickaree, wherever a bridle-path offered, and sure to be at home long before Mr. Falkirk's arrival to breakfast, so that he knew nothing whatever about the matter. Just why this course of action was in favour, perhaps the young lady herself could scarcely have told, had she tried; but she did not try.
This state of things lasted some time, but in the nature of things could not last for ever. There came a morning, when Mr. Falkirk was the only visitor at the Chickaree breakfast table, and just as Mr. Falkirk's coffee was poured out, Dingee announced his co-guardian.
The Douglas is closely allied to the Red Squirrel or Chickaree of the eastern woods. Ours may be a lineal descendant of this species, distributed westward to the Pacific by way of the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains, and thence southward along our forested ranges.
'I was at school, you know, sir, for a while, and then I had no end of tutors and teachers at home. She drew a long breath. 'And what are you going to do with the next twelve years? if you should live so long. What are you going to try to do with them, I mean? 'I want to try to have a good time, sir. 'And you will be a queen, and hold your court at Chickaree?
Something else in those five minutes brought the colour flitting about her face, coming and going as if ashamed of itself; but with it all she was intensely amused; she was not sentimental, nor even serious, and the girlish light heart danced a pas seul to such a medley of tunes that it was a wonder how she could keep step with them all. 'What do you expect to see at Chickaree?
The road wound about so much that their progress was slow. 'Chickaree has had no guardian for a good while, said Rollo, as they went on. 'Look at that elm! and the ashes beyond it. But don't cut too much, when you cut here; nor let Mr. Falkirk. 'He shall not cut a branch, and I love the thickets too well to meddle with them. Unless they actually come in my face.
Hazel freed her shoulder from Miss Fisher's hand, and turned short about. 'There is no use contesting things, she said, speaking with an effort which made the words sound hard-edged and abrupt. 'I shall drive home by myself to Chickaree. Good-night. And without a look right or left, she went up the steps and across the hall into the carriage at the other door.
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