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During this time they had really been making as rapid progress as the up-hill way and their doubt of the road would allow. Flossy made no reply to this harangue, for the reason that a sudden turn in the path brought them into bright light and the sound of a ringing voice. "There!" whispered Marion as the mammoth tent came in view. "What did I tell you?
Flossy wore a gay bonnet and a stylish frock, supplemented by a huge bunch of violets, and her husband's evening dress betrayed a slight exaggeration of the prevailing fashion in respect to his standing collar and necktie. Selma had never had a thorough look at him before, and she reflected that he was decidedly impressive and handsome.
"Why, it is my little auntie," exclaimed Flurry, joyously, and she scrambled down, while Flossy wagged his tail and barked. Evidently Miss Ruth was not a frequent visitor to the nursery. Flurry was about six, not a pretty child by any means, though there might be a promise of future beauty in her face.
Then and there, he told the story that the two easy chairs in the library knew about. He even apologized earnestly for seeking the daughter first. It had not been his intention; he had meant to call on the family; but they were absent, and he found Miss Flossy alone. And well, if Mr. Shipley had been particular, as assuredly he would have been, if Mr.
The whole thing jarred on her with an inexpressible and to her bewildering pain. She had always been ready for fun before. "That girl is homesick or something," Marion said, as she and Eurie went to their rooms, leaving Flossy with Ruth, who prefered her as a room-mate to either of the others because she could keep from talking.
"I don't think there is anything that can hurt you here," said Peterkin, "and, if you like, you can run about and gather flowers while I cruise round the coast for an hour. There, I will leave you all the rugs, the bear-skin, and the basket too." They were delighted. So off they set, Veevee and Briton bounding and barking in front, and Flossy waddling behind.
"The man is so oppressively blunt and downright," she said, "that one never knows what to expect from him next. He is a perfect bear." "But, my dear Flossy, he comes of a very good family, and I have heard him praised on all sides for his distinguished manners," expostulated the General. "I never knew a young man so courteous, so polished!"
There was a long journey in a great ship, a wearisome illness of many weeks, or was it months? when his curls had been cut off, and all his memories with them; then there was the Home; then there was Flossy, who came to take him away; then oh, bright, bright spot! oh, blessed time! there was baby Gay; then, worse than all, there was Minerva Court. But he did not give many minutes to reminiscence.
They knew Flossy that is, they knew what street she lived on, and how the outside of her father's house looked, and what her standing in society was; they knew nothing of her in the capacity of a Sunday-school teacher; and, truth to tell, they did not believe she could teach.
Traill recalled that the longest life of a dog is no more than a fifth of the length of days allotted to man. On that snarling April day, when only himself and the flossy ball of sleeping Skye were in the place, this thought added to Mr. Traill's discontent. There had been few guests.
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