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Let's us do it; shall we?" "I will; but of course there is not enough money to go around, Kitty, even if we all succeed in our vacation plans. Julia will never have any pretty dresses if she stays with us, and she loves pretty dresses. Why didn't the Fergusons adopt her before mother had made her over?" "Yes," chimed in Kathleen. "Then everybody would have been glad, but now we shall miss her!
More than once he had been invited by the enemies of the House of Stuart to leave his asylum, to become their captain, and to give the signal for rebellion: but he had wisely refused to take any part in the desperate enterprises which the Wildmans and Fergusons were never weary of planning, The Revolution opened a new prospect to him.
The signal he gave was, "Another for Hector!" The youths replied, "Death for Hector!" and were all successively killed. These words make the sign and countersign at this day of the clan Gillian. Young Shortreed dined with us and the two Fergusons, Sir Adam and the Colonel. We had a pleasant evening. October 19. Wrought out my task, and better as I have done for these several days past.
But, then, Tilly had not heard Harry's remark to his mother: "Alma says Miss Louder is trying to make the old lady move against her will. I dare say it would be better to give the young woman a chance to miss her mother and take a little quiet think." Tilly saw her mother off on the train to Baxter, the Fergusons' station.
That place is really become beautiful; the Miss Fergusons have displayed a great deal of taste. July 13. Two agreeable persons Rev. Mr. Gilly , one of the prebendaries of Durham, with his wife, a pretty little woman dined with us, and met Mr. Scrope. I heard the whole history of the discovery of St. Cuthbert's body at Durham Cathedral.
I did not do the least right thing, except packing a few books necessary for writing the continuation of the Tales. In this merry mood I wandered as far as Huntly Burn, where I found the Miss Fergusons well and happy; then I sauntered back to Abbotsford, sitting on every bench by the way, and thus "It grew to dinner in conclusion."
Bob Lennox, with the usual vivacity of Young America, said he didn't "care a hang who set a ball rolling, if only something was kept stirring." The subject was discussed when Mrs. Lennox and Mrs. Wilcox were making a morning call upon the Fergusons. "For my part," said Mrs. Lennox, "I'm principled on this subject. Those Follingsbees are not proper people.
You know, John, that you knew when you took her that she had not been brought up in our ways of living and thinking. Lillie comes from an entirely different set of people from any we are accustomed to; but a man must face all the consequences of his marriage honestly and honorably." "I know it," said John, with a sigh. "I say, Gracie, do you think the Fergusons like Lillie?
I have written to Sir James, stating that I apprehend the terms to be £1000, namely, for one volume containing about one-third more than one of the volumes of Tales of my Grandfather, and agreeing to do so. Certes, few men can win a thousand pounds so readily. We dine with the Fergusons to-day at four. So off we went and safely returned. April 18. Corrected proofs.
Looking up the glen from Maxwelton, the chimneys of Craigdarrock House are seen. It is distant about five miles, and Annie had not far to remove from her father's house to that of her husband. She was twenty-eight at the time of her marriage. The Fergusons are a much older family, as families are reckoned, than the Lauries.
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