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Updated: May 15, 2025
"Possibly I had good reason." Kathleen's color rose. "Where, pray, did you pick him up?" "Tut, tut! Don't forget you are talking to a woman nearly old enough to be your mother." But Miss Kiametia's kind heart softened as she saw Kathleen felt her words. "There, dearie, don't mind an old crosspatch. Captain Miller was introduced to me by Senator Foster.
"You didn't fall in love with any particular name, did you, Loo?" "No, but I married a particular one," she said quickly. His eyelids quivered again, as if he was avoiding some unpleasantly staring suggestion, and she stopped. "You know what I mean, dear," she said, with a quick little laugh. "Just because your father's an old crosspatch, YOU haven't lost your rights to his name and property.
It was David, who had been hanging over the stairs, listening. But she flung past him. 'What's t' matter, Louie? he asked in a loud whisper through the door she shut in his face; 'what's th' owd crosspatch been slangin about? But he got no answer, and he was afraid of being caught by Aunt Hannah if he forced his way in. So he went back to his own room, and closed, without latching, his door.
"I know they will open some day," the boy asserted firmly, "only we can't tell just when; but it might be any time. If only stiff old Trius would answer the questions we ask him! He knows everything that is going on up there. But the old crosspatch never says a word when one comes near him to talk; all he does is to come along with his big stick.
And for the score of pieces that must be made up at settling-day, why, here is, in a good green purse, as much as will make that matter good; and we will get old Crosspatch, the tailor, to take a long day for your clothes; and " "Mother, are you serious?" said Jin Vin, unable to trust either his eyes or his ears. "In troth am I," said the dame; "and will you call me Mother Midnight now, Jin Vin?"
First of all, when you awaken in the morning you must say to yourself, 'Oh what a lovely, happy day this is going to be! then raise your arms above your head and take three long, deep breaths. Jump out of bed quickly, always remembering to put your toes on the floor first. "For," continued Merry Chuckle, "Old Witchy Crosspatch is always waiting for children to get out of bed backwards.
"I will take such good care of them, I promise, and if you like, I will pick the tenderest grass for old crosspatch," he added grudgingly. Lucia smiled in triumph, and from the pocket of her dress she pulled out a small pink paper bag. "Here you are then," she said; "and I won't be away very long. I am just going to see Maria for a few minutes."
He called different buffalo by name; and designated the calves by descriptive terms, such as "Whiteface" and "Crosspatch." He almost forgot to eat, and kept Frank too busy to get anything into his own mouth. After supper he calmed down. "How about your other man Mr. Wallace, I think you said?" asked Frank. "We expected to meet him at Grand Canyon Station, and then at Flagstaff.
"I saw the soldiers go away," Beppi said, pushing her face from him as she tried to kiss him again, "and they looked so fine with their shiny hats. It was while I looked at them that old crosspatch ran away. I did have a chase, I can tell you, she had such a big start." "Are you very hungry, little one?" Lucia asked gently. "I should have brought bread with me, but I did not think."
And when they do, she catches them by the heels and turns everything topsy-turvy all day long; but when you get out of bed toes first, I'll be there to start you on a pleasant day and Witchy Crosspatch will have to return to Make-Believe Land and hide her head!" "Sure enough, I did crawl out of bed backwards this morning!" Marjorie said. "I know you did, my dear!" Merry Chuckle giggled.
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