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Don't call me so again." "You are a pauper and you know it." Frank was not a quarrelsome boy, but this repeated insult was too much for him. He seized Tom by the collar, and tripping him up left him on the ground howling with rage. As valor was not his strong point, he resolved to be revenged upon Frank vicariously.
She felt that Bessie was strong in her frank defiance, but if my lady could do no more for the discouraged suitor, she could at least keep his favored rival at a distance. And this she did without a twinge of remorse.
That is why the fence has been built around the estate, with the wire on top, and locked gates. How did you get inside?" "We came to a loose board and passed through, not meaning any harm," replied Frank, who imagined the old housekeeper was inclined to be human, but having her strict orders from her employer dared not act in a friendly manner toward them.
After a week a letter came to the Captain's address, but it was for Wilbur Hill instead of Austin. This puzzled Austin somewhat, but feeling certain it was meant for him, he opened it. The letter proved to be from his cousin Frank, and was in answer to his card. "Will," the letter ran, "start east right away, working your way as best you can, and when you are nearer, I will help you."
"Well you shake off that loop and haze him back into the corral." High-Tail, having eaten the carrot, decided to go elsewhere. He backed away and blatted. Little Jim took a quick dally round a veranda post. High-Tail plunged and fought the rope. "Turn him loose!" cried Uncle Frank. "What's the matter?" said Aunt Jane, appearing in the doorway.
The lovely brown eyes, when they looked at me, said as plainly as in words, "We have been crying a great deal, Frank, since we saw you last." The little white fingers gave mine a significant squeeze and that was all the reference that passed between us to what happened in the morning.
"Better," said Frank, with a smile. "Happy?" with a grimace meant to be sympathizing, but which was droll enough to be laughable. "Happier than I was," said the drummer boy. "Happier than I've been for a long time." "What! not happier, now you've lost every thing, than when you was hevin' such luck at play?" "I wasn't happy then. I thought I was. But I was only excited.
The man laid down his pistol, and, seizing Frank, drew his hands behind him, and tied them. "Get ready, men," he said, as he drew the boy aside to a small tree, putting him with his back to it. Frank thought his hour had come. He thought of his mother and Willy, and wondered if the soldiers would shoot Willy, too. His face twitched and grew ghastly white.
It was her first attempt at coquetry, for, in her usual charming selfishness, she was perfectly frank and open; and it might not have been her last, but she had gone too far at first, and was not prepared for a recoil of her own argument. "If you admit that it is possible that it is possible to you!" he said, quickly. She saw her mistake.
As he replied, his glance encountered hers with frankness. "Madame de la Fontaine, I told you yesterday morning, my sister, Nancy Frost, has disappeared. We searched for her all day in vain. Not a trace of her has been found. But certain strange events have led me to suspect that certain persons have had something to do with her disappearance and must know her whereabouts. I will be frank Madame.
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