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Oh me! to think it has come to this, that my only child should be the wife of a pauper's son, and we've struggled so hard! What will the Colstons say, and all the church folk, and all the town, for the matter of that!" Here Mrs. Furze threw herself down in a chair and became hysterical.
Then a thought struck her and her expression grew gentler. "Muriel, have you realized that if we leave here soon, the Colstons will accompany us and you will have to go with them?" "No," Muriel replied with a resolute smile; "I will stay." Gertrude turned her head and there was silence for a while.
"I want you to take the Colstons out to your place and entertain them for a day or two; they won't stay long. They're coming in by the West-bound this evening." "Then," exclaimed Prescott, "they'll be here in half an hour, if the train's on time! If there are any points you can give me about your family history, you had better be quick!"
They were all sorry for him, but there was something deterrent in his sternness and his formal English manner, and they were less communicative than they might have been. This was why he failed to learn that the Colstons had stayed at Prescott's homestead, though, for that matter, the fact was not generally known.
Captain Colston of the 2d is here " "Very good. I will see him now. That is all, major." The chief of staff withdrew. Captain Colston of the 2d approached from the shadows beyond the big pine and saluted. "You are from this region, captain?" "Yes, sir. The Honeywood Colstons." "This stone mill is upon your land?" "Yes, sir. My mother owns it." "You have been about the dam as a boy?" "Yes, sir.
Two days after the arrival of the Colstons, Gertrude Jernyngham walked down the trail from the Leslie homestead in a very bitter mood. During the last few weeks her cold nature had kindled into sudden warmth; love had most unexpectedly crept into her heart.
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