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"Yes, grandad, I will," and Rod was off like a shot, glad to be free from the staring crowd. So once more the wedding was delayed, and the murmurs of the waiting people increased. It was the lot of Miss Arabella Simpkins to have lived for over forty years without one real affair of the heart. There were reasons for this, well known to all the people of Hillcrest.
"Got an anchor on board?" the captain asked. "Yes, a small one," was the reply. "Well, out with it then, and don't pull it up till yez receive orders." There was great excitement throughout Hillcrest over the capture of the log-stealers.
I'd like to say that it's just what I'd always longed for, and that I invited you to Hillcrest to bring it about; but the trouble with such a story would be that it wouldn't have a word of truth in it. You always DID have a faculty of doing just what you pleased, and what nobody ever expected you to do, but now you've exceeded yourself.
The Hillcrest troop took no part in the games. They were content to stand by and watch. They knew nothing about baseball such as is played in the city, and were accordingly greatly interested, noting everything, and determined that they, too, would learn to play in the proper manner. But when it came to making a fire and preparing dinner, they easily led all the rest.
There was considerable excitement throughout Hillcrest when it was learned that the famous Anna Royanna had come to the Anchorage to stay for several weeks. It caused the greatest stir among the people from the city, especially the ones of the fashionable set. They could not understand why such a woman should wish to take up her abode at the Anchorage, of all places.
She was sobbing hysterically against his breast. "You're mine, lass; you're just a little one; you don't know things. You're no older than you was when you toted over to Hillcrest and and never felt afraid." Jude tried to kiss the tear-stained face, but she pressed it closer against him. He had to be content with the satin softness of her thick hair. Suddenly she sprang from him.
A smile passed over the manager's face at the idea of the famous singer entertaining such company. "I am afraid that Miss Royanna is too tired to see you to-night," he replied. "She gave strict instructions that no one was to be admitted." "But we have come all the way from Hillcrest to see her," and Rod lilted his blue eyes appealingly to the man's face. "It's very important, sir."
It was after one o'clock when the boy at last started for home and on the way was hailed by a stranger a little man who was trudging along the road with both hands thrust in his pockets. "Going far?" he asked. "Up th' mount'n to Hillcrest," said Bub. "Oh. May I have a lift?" "How fer?" "Well, I can't say how far I'll go. I'm undecided.
It was a strange girl, who asked in a meek voice: "Is this Hillcrest Lodge?" "It is," replied the lawyer. The girl came in without an invitation, bringing a carpet-bag in one hand and a bundle tied in a newspaper tucked under the other arm. As she stood in the lighted room she looked around inquiringly and said: "I am Sarah Judd. Where is Mrs. Morrison, please?" Mr.
She had said the same thing for years until it had become an old story now. To Rod his real mother was a visionary person, who wrote to him every week and sent him money. But apart from these things she was of little interest to him. His world was in Hillcrest, and not far away in some big city.
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