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Composed as the man's features were, there was still an expression upon them which startled the woman. It brought her out of her chair, even if it did not bring an audible question to her lips. "I was delayed, Aunt 'Cretia," he said. "No; nothing new about the Seamew or about business. It's there's trouble up to the Balls'."
Miss 'Cretia Lock arrived early on Monday morning and when Ruth came home from school in the afternoon the wonderful dress was cut out. They made it in two days and Aunt Alvirah washed and starched and ironed it herself and it was ready for appearance on the last Friday afternoon of the term, when the district school held its graduating exercises.
"Why not?" demanded the old salt. "Can't you see what he's up to?" sneered Orion. "Aunt 'Cretia will be takin' a back seat 'fore long. 'Latham's Folly' will be getting a new mistress." "Latham's Folly" was a name Medway Latham's big brown house behind Wreckers' Head had gained soon after it was built.
Your mother thought a sight of her, and 'Cretia did of Sarah Honey, too. Sarah was one of the few who seemed to understand Lucretia. She's so dumb. I declare I can't never get used to her myself. I like folks lively about me, and I don't care how much they talk the more the better.
We'll hev Miss 'Cretia Lock in by the day, and we'll make 'em." "But, dear," said Ruth, wonderingly, "how will we get the goods and the trimmings and pay Miss Lock for her work?" "Don't you fret about that. Jest you wait and see," declared Aunt Alvirah, mysteriously. Ruth knew very well that the old woman had not a penny of her own.
Somebody that's that's seen ye, deary, and knows how badly you want to go to school, and that you need dresses, has given you three." "My goodness me!" cried Ruth, clasping her hands. Not three?" "Yes, my dear. And they're jest as good as new about. 'Cretia Lock won't be two days fixin' 'em over to fit you.
"Ye needn't be scart at the colors, child," said old Aunt Alviry. "Here's this pretty lavender. We'll make that over first. 'Cretia Lock will be here to-morrow and we'll make a big beginnin'." "But what will uncle say?" gasped Ruth, almost bursting with questions, but being debarred from asking the most important ones. "Don't you fret about your Uncle Jabez.
"What's that?" ejaculated Cap'n Ira. "He wouldn't agree to come and live here, I reckon. What would become of his Aunt 'Cretia? I don't guess there's any fear of her getting married, is there?" "No, no! Don't be funnin'! But Ida May said just that in so many words." "She's mad with him, do you cal'late? They had a tiff!" cried her husband.
He can't even keep a manifest straight." "Does he even try?" "And that also is in my mind," acknowledged Tunis. "I'm pretty well fed up on 'Rion, I do allow. But I don't know what Aunt 'Cretia would say." Then he laughed again. "Just about what she usually says, I guess; nothing at all. But she abhors family squabbles. "That reminds me, Ida May.
"She's been interested in you from the start, I know. She showed it in her look the very first time I spoke of you that day I brought you here to Wreckers' Head." "But but you have never spoken of this before. She did not come to call." "I'll tell you," said Tunis earnestly. "I wanted to be sure. Aunt 'Cretia knew your er Sarah Honey very well." "Oh." "Just about as well as Mrs. Ball did.
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