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They were not like Connie, of course, tall and slim, with the fine exalted face, with soft pink palms and soft round arms. And their striking saddle costumes were not half as curious to Fort Morgan as Connie's lacy waists, and her tailored skirts, and her frilly little silk gowns. But they were more curious to Connie.
It was so hot, with all the curtains down! I was glad when we came on the boat. But I do miss Rosy Posy so bad and Uncle Carey." Miss Drayton spoke quickly in her cheeriest tone. "Aren't you glad that Louise is there to take good care of Rosy Posy? I expect she'll have a beautiful lot of frilly frocks when you get home.
To-day the windows were open, the shutters folded; furniture was being moved in; and just inside the iron gate a frilly little girl was playing with a whitewashed conch-shell. She must have been about ten at that time, since Carl was eight.
D'you like all that frilly, bunchy stuff at the throat? I don't. She. Don't you? Kind Sir, o' your courtesy, As you go by the town, Sir, 'Pray you o' your love for me, Buy me a russet gown, Sir. He. I won't say: 'Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet. Only wait a little, darling, and you shall be stocked with russet gowns and everything else. She.
My the ones I saw just before I came away from New York! Say, Pauline there was twenty-five yards of lace, honest, to one nightgown!" "Was there? At Sorel we were not allowed one yard; frilly things, and too much lace and ribbons are the mark of bad women. Did you ever hear that?" "I guess my mother held some notions like those.
It was twilight, and the gray shadows were creeping into the bare little room, touching with feathery fingers a tangled mop of yellow curls that aureoled a pillowed head that was not now filled with thoughts of Tennyson and Emerson and frilly muslin shirtwaists.
You've got all you ought to have in this world. You must have known Cruthers he was always saying that kind of frilly things to the boys. Then they both sat down again. "After this quite a different expression came into the man's face. His embarrassment, or ugliness of temper, or whatever it was, was gone.
Her eyes looked as though she'd been crying; they flashed a hostile glance over the new brother-in-law, excellently groomed, the big flower favor on his coat, the tall, beautiful sister, all frilly white and flower festival fashion. "If Worth's proved innocent!" she flung at them. "Bronse Vandeman, you've got a word too many in when you say that."
The nurse and Brenton were still bending above the frilly crib, smoothing out the muslin folds around the child and straightening the blankets, when the doctor came into the room, eager, his face alight with strength and purpose to do his share in what he knew too well could be only a fight to the very finish. The words of cheer died from his lips, though, as he caught sight of Brenton's face.
The next morning when Claire started forth to beard the lioness in her den, she was tricked out in all the bravery of Martha's really beautiful "jabbow," and looked "as pretty as a picture, an' then some," as Mrs. Slawson confidentially assured Sam. But the heart beneath the frilly lace and mull was anything but brave.
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