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Updated: June 23, 2025
That's how I come by my job. My big sister keeps house for us, an' the kids are in school. Yes! there's folks enough belonging to me. But my father is dead." "I I don't know anything about my father or mother or any of my folks." "No! Don't old Gordon know?" "He says not." "And he's your guardeen?" Nancy was silent for a moment.
I ain't her guardeen after that, am I? What happens then, I'd like to know." "You jest have to settle with the court, pay over to her what belongs to her and keep the thousand every spring jest the same. Her people, whoever they be, are payin' you fer keepin' her an' not her fer stayin' here. 'Tain't likely she'll want to leave a good home like this 'un, is it?
"Yes; I've never been here before." "Are you going to the tavern?" "No; I'm going to the house of Mr. John Fox. Do you know him?" "I reckon everybody round here knows John Fox." "I don't know him. He is to be my guardian." "Sho! You'll have a queer guardeen." "Why queer?" "The fact is, old John'll cheat you out of your eye teeth ef he gets a chance. He's about the sharpest man round."
I sank into a stupor going home, and an old farmer aroused me, and disentangled my horse from a thicket of wild briers into which it had strayed. He said most emphatically that if I did not know enough to remain indoors weather like that, my friends should appoint me a `guardeen. I reached the village more worn in body and spirit than I ever had been.
When Harry had gone up to his bed, Mr. and Mrs. Fox naturally began to compare notes respecting him. "That new boy rides a high horse," said Mrs. Fox, grimly. "Are you going to allow it?" "Certainly not." "He wouldn't give up his money to you, though you are his guardeen." "Very true, but I mean to have it all the same.
After rapidly scanning them, the driver said: "Do you see that tall man over there leanin' against a post?" "Yes." "That's your guardeen! That's John Fox himself, as large as life, and just about as homely." The man pointed out to Harry as his guardian was tall, loosely put together, with a sharp, thin visage surrounded by a thicket of dull-red hair.
Sing'lar gift folks has for dying out in them parts; living so fur from the sea, I've always cal'lated. All about it, that old spider goes out the third time, and no coffin-plates this time, but he brings back the boy; and lo, ye! he's made full guardeen over the child, and has him, body and soul. "Now I aint a malicious man, no way of the world, Mister, well, whatever your name is.
You may have your idees of duty, and I may have mine; and I'm a justice of the peace, and I don't see anything for it but to ask you to give up that child to his lawful guardeen, as has sent me for him." A pause ensued, during which Franci sauntered to the side with easy grace. "Shall I put a knife into him, Patron?" he asked, indicating Mr. Bill Hen with a careless nod.
Bladen ought to feel obliged to tell the truth," said the squire. "He done give me the order from the judge of the co't I was to show it to Bob Yancy " "Got that order?" demanded the squire sharply. With a smile, damaged, but clearly a smile, Blount produced the order. "Hmm app'inted guardeen of the boy " the squire was presently heard to murmur.
"It might have been an avalanche, and that is not catching." Miss Port looked at him seriously. "It's a great pity she's so handsome," she said. "I don't think so; I am glad of it," replied the captain. Miss Port heaved a sigh. "What that girl is goin' to need," she said, "is a female guardeen." "Would you like to take the place?" asked the captain with a grin.
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