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Middleton suddenly determined "to go and see his gals" and bring them home. Accordingly he "fixed up right smart," as he thought, which meant that he took off his beard and put on "a bran new pair of jeens." He preferred driving his own carriage, so he set off alone for Frankfort. It was Friday morning, and as his daughters were in school, he stalked into Mrs. Crane’s parlor to wait for them.
At last it was settled that Ike should go to Frankfort, and the rest should have a sort of holiday. Ike was a sprightly negro boy of seventeen, and almost idolized his young mistress Fanny. Meantime Julia and Fanny had become tolerably well established both in school and at Mrs. Crane’s.
We both of us intend calling at Mrs. Crane’s this evening, and if possible we shall procure board there." So they parted, and Raymond returned to the Weisiger House, while Mr. Miller hastened home to make some inquiries concerning his new assistant, and to inform Mrs. Crane of her prospect for more boarders. That evening Stanton and Raymond called. They found assembled in Mrs.
He had been solicited to take charge of the school, which was now destitute of a teacher, and as the situation pleased him, he readily accepted the offer and accepted Mrs. Crane’s as his boarding place. Perhaps one inducement which led him to do this was the presence of the beautiful Kate, in whom he daily became more interested.
Middleton brought her to a decision by saying, "what the deuce you waiting for? Is it because I’ve got on cowhide stogies and a home-made coat? Thunder and lightning! Don’t you know I’m old Middleton, worth at least two hundred thousand?" This announcement changed the current of Mrs. Crane’s ideas.
In order to keep the threads of our narrative connected, it is necessary that we go back for a time, and again open the scene in Frankfort, on the 24th of March, several days after the party, at which Florence Woodburn met Fanny Middleton. Seated at her work table, in one of the upper rooms of Mrs. Crane’s boarding house, is our old friend, Kate Miller.
So at last he consented, on condition that she would give up the study of Latin, and promise not to apply herself too closely to anything. To this Fanny readily agreed, and in a few days she was in Frankfort, occupying her accustomed seat at Mrs. Crane’s and bending over her task in the old schoolroom, which seemed suddenly illuminated by her presence.
Business for his father had taken him to Louisville, and he determined to visit his cousin Kate ere he returned home. He took passage in the Blue Wing, on board of which was Mr. Middleton, who soon made his acquaintance. As they were bound for the same place, they kept together, and on reaching Frankfort, went immediately to Mrs. Crane’s, where they were entertained by Mrs.
When our party reached Mrs. Crane’s, Fanny went directly to Julia, whom she found most becomingly dressed, and apparently anxiously awaiting her return. That excellent young lady had heard from Mrs. Carrington of the strangers’ visit, and she was impatient to know who they were and had dispatched a negro girl to reconnoiter and report.
The tears were again moistening his immense beard, but this time he hastily brushed them away, and went on, "Yes, that’s a capital idee, and you want me to patternize you by sending my two gals—hey? Well, I reckon I can’t do better, if they want to go. Ho! Tempest—Sunshine—what d’ye say? D’ye want to go back to Frankfort and board at Miss Crane’s, ’long of Mr. Miller, Dr.
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