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Almost beside herself with her anxiety, she could do nothing save sit there and wait for news. The entrance, even of Barbara Holton, who came in, now, was a relief to her overtaxed nerves. "Say," said she, admitting Barbara nearer to good-fellowship than she had ever done before, "I reckon you have heered the news Ike's drunk dead drunk!" Barbara regarded her excitement with a careful calm.
We were a little anxious about them, but the only remark which I heard, when at last they came aboard, was, "Leave the key of your box the next time, Ned." To those who claim that Labrador is a land of plenty I would offer the following incident in refutation. At Holton on a certain Sunday morning the leader of the church services came aboard the hospital steamer and asked me for a Bible.
Joe cried menacingly. "Lem Lindsay, it air Heaven's work that's given you into my hands!" He went toward him slowly, menacingly, with his strong fingers working with desire to clutch his shrinking throat. "It air Heaven's will as you should meet your fall through Ben Lorey's son!" Holton, desperate, gathered courage for a last effort to escape from the net which he had woven to his own undoing.
He peered down the road with his old eyes, but could not recognize the visitor. "Who is it?" he asked one of the black lads. "Marse Holton." "Marse Holton!" he repeated dryly. "Run along, now, honiest. Unc' Neb gwine be busy. I won't hab dat ar Marse Holton pryin' round dat mare. Hoodoo her fo' suah."
Her conviction strengthened as she spoke, and, as she continued, she looked Holton firmly in the eye and spoke with emphasis. "Show me th' man as told that lie, an' I'll show you th' scoundrel as tried to burn Queen Bess!" Layson liked the spirit of her warm defense of her old friend, and, himself, knew enough about the moonshiner to make it seem quite reasonable.
He looked at Holton with but thinly veiled contempt. "Plenty men 'u'd risk deir wuthless lives to drug huh." "Oh, shucks!" said Holton, trying to control his temper because of his great eagerness to get in to the mare. "She would be safe with me; you know it." "I knows Marse Frank hab barred ebery window an' sealed ebery doah but dis one, an' gib me ohduhs to let no one in 'cept he is by.
"Cantor, you were out of luck last night," observed Lieutenant Holton, who sat next to him. "In what way?" asked Cantor, but he flushed deeply. "You had only a boat ride, and missed the fight," replied Holton. "Oh!" replied Cantor, and felt relieved, for he had thought that Holton referred to something else. "Where are we heading now?" asked Dave. "Didn't you notice the course?" inquired Dalzell.
The Lower Canadian Liberal leaders, Dorion and Holton, were adverse to the coalition scheme, regarding it as a mere device for enabling Macdonald and his friends to hold office. Mowat and Brown were re-elected without difficulty, but Macdougall met with strong opposition in North Ontario.
Thus, by a vote of the town, the people were called to the Sunday sermon by beat of drum, and Eleazer Holton was elected to sound the call in consideration of one pound and ten shillings a year, the drum being hired of Ensign Field, its fortunate possessor, for the farther sum of three shillings. This was in the earlier days of Northfield.
"And will I surely see her?" "Yes; of course." "Do you suppose she'll like me?" Layson, from what he knew of Barbara Holton, scarcely thought she would. He could not make his fancy paint a picture of the haughty lowlands beauty showing much consideration for this little mountain waif; but he did not say so. He answered hesitatingly, and she noticed it.
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