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The narrow ledge had been bad enough, but when it came to passing along slippery logs, with the water all around, and a bath sure to follow the slightest mishap, Eben's nerve gave way.
Throughout the entire night the horror of a great dread drove all sleep from Eben's eyes. As he lay in his bunk every sound seemed to be magnified, and he imagined that men would come for him and lead him away to trial. He felt quite sure that he had killed Jess and that he would be hung for murder.
It was on the margin of Pond Brook, just back of Uncle Eben's, that I first saw Fishin' Jimmy. It was early June, and we were again at Franconia, that peaceful little village among the northern hills. The boys, as usual, were tempting the trout with false fly or real worm, and I was roaming along the bank, seeking spring flowers, and hunting early butterflies and moths.
to some half dozen children; while sweet Aunt Lizzy, serenely smiling, rocked the fair little baby that fifteen cousins had kissed for welcome that day; and Uncle Boynton trotted the baby's brother on his knee, inviting him persistently to go to Boston and buy a penny-cake, greatly to little Eben's aggravation, who would end, Lizzy knew, by crying for the cake, and being sent to bed.
She stood up in the wagon, preening her finery, and looking down at her lover before she gave him her hand. "I won't be a hitchin'-post if you hate to be tied," he said, holding out his hands invitingly. As he spoke, the rider of a glittering bicycle glided noiselessly around the corner, apparently steering straight for Eben's team of ranch-bred broncos.
He pocketed the three dollars which his employer grudgingly gave him, and set out on his way home. "Wait a minute, Herbert," said Eben. "I'll walk with you." Herbert didn't care much for Eben's company but he was too polite to say so. He waited therefore, till Eben appeared with hat and cane. "I'm sorry to cut you out of your place, Herbert," said the young man. "Thank you," answered Herbert.
Eben stopped and stared at his companion in amazement. "Yes, and why not? I like a little excitement once in a while." "I guess ye must, Miss." "Don't call me 'Miss, say 'Jess, I like it better. We are chums, you know, and chums must not put on any airs." Eben's face coloured, and his heart beat fast. It was great to have her talk in such a friendly way.
Why, even now he might have one of them brazen creatures on board. No, there's no fool like an old fool when it comes to women." "But Eben's with him, isn't he? The captain wouldn't surely cut up any capers with his son on board." "Eben! H'm! Little good would he be. He lives in the clouds when he isn't eating and sleeping. He wouldn't notice anything wrong with a dozen hussies on board.
What is my surprise, on opening this envelope, to find everything made clear in English, including Mahomed Naser Eben's letter to me. He addresses me as a cavern of hospitality, which is very handsome, and a phrase with a true Oriental flavour. Unluckily, he appears to have got lost for two years in that part of Africa marked Oman on the map.
Her whole movement was so significant of wounded feeling that it smote Doctor Eben's heart. He sprang after her and laid his hand on her arm. "Hetty," he said, "do tell me what it was you were going to say; I did not mean to hurt your feelings: but I don't know what to make of you." "Not know what to make of me!" repeated Hetty, very slowly, in a tone of the intensest astonishment.
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