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Higby turned away so that she could not see the shining railroad track, and looked off over the meadow, while a happier expression came over her features. "I'm awful tickled this house is big," she said, with a good degree of comfort, "so's Jotham and me could take 'em in. Now I'm glad we didn't sell last spring, when Mary Ann was married, and move down to the village.
Higby maintained that no State excluding any class of citizens on account of race or color was republican in form. "I do not believe," said he, "there is a single State in the Union, except it may be one of the New England States, which is an exception to that general rule." Mr.
"Only a day," said Polly, "and now you must have something to eat," starting toward the door. "I couldn't eat a mouthful," said Pickering, shutting his mouth and turning on the pillow. "Indeed you will," declared Polly, hurrying on. "The doctor said as soon as you could talk, you must have something to eat; and I shall tell Mrs. Higby to bring it up." So she disappeared.
Do let me help you." "Nothing," said Jack, without looking back. "I don't want to leave you, Mrs. Higby," said Phronsie slowly. Mrs. Higby looked as if she were about to throw her apron over her head again. "You blessed child!" she exclaimed, half-crying and allowing her hands to rest on the rim of the dish-pan.
But she looked back as she went slowly along to the opposite end of the hall. "Please don't hurt Polly," she said imploringly to the doctor. "I won't, little girl," he replied, "any more than I can help." "Good-by," called Polly cheerfully, and she threw her a kiss with her right hand. Mrs. Farmer Higby stood on her flat door-stone, shading her eyes with her hand.
NOT VOTING Messrs. Ancona, Delos R. Ashley, Culver, Driggs, Dumont, Glossbrenner, Goodyear, Henderson, Higby, Jones, Loan, McRuer, Newell, Radford, Trowbridge, and Winfield 16. Two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the Speaker declared the joint resolution adopted. The strong vote by which this measure was passed, after so general an expression of dissent from it, excited some surprise.
Phronsie stood quite still. "Why do you put your apron there, Mrs. Higby?" she asked at last. "And you do not answer me at all," she added in gentle reproach. "Land!" exclaimed Mrs. Higby, in a voice spent with feeling, "I couldn't, 'cause I was afraid I sh'd burst out crying, and I didn't want you to see my face.
Seems's if Providence was in it. Gracious, see that man running here! I hope there ain't anything else happened!" and with her old flutter upon her, Mrs. Higby turned to meet a young man advancing to the door-stone, with more speed than was ordinarily exhibited by the natives of Brierly. "Is this Mr. Jotham Higby's house?" asked the stranger.
"Ah, good morning, Mrs. Baggert," greeted the chief. "Is Mr. Swift and his son about this morning?" "Mr. Swift is in his library, but Tom is gone." "He'll be back though, won't he?" asked Constable Higby quickly anxiously, Mrs. Baggert thought. "Oh, yes," she replied. "He and " "Just take us to see Mr. Swift," interrupted the chief, with a look of caution at his aide.
"Well, that is a very good answer," said Mr. Higby. "It is an answer from a stand-point seventy-five years ago. I speak from the stand-point of the present time." Mr. Higby desired that the joint resolution should go back to the committee. He said: "I do not wish it disposed of here, to be voted down.
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