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It was, finally, the period in which the noblest dreams of a better, an ideal humanity were dreamed. That is the time in which the author lets his story take place. In the reign of King Ahaz, two friends lived at Jerusalem. The one named Joram was an officer in the army and the owner of rich domains; the other, Jedidiah, belonged to the royal family.
There she bore twins, a son named Amnon, and a daughter, Peninnah. Jedidiah, shocked by the calamity that had overwhelmed the house of his friend, took the supposed Azrikam, the son of Joram, home with him, and raised him with his own children.
In 1841 the Russians sold the whole possession to General Sutter for thirty thousand dollars and withdrew from California, returning to Alaska. In 1827 a party of adventurers started north from Fort Ross for Oregon, following the coast. One Jedidiah Smith, a trapper, was the leader. It is said that Smith River, near the Oregon line, was named for him.
Meanwhile, Philip acknowledged the young lady's politeness by a smile and a bow, assuring her that if it had been possible, it would have given him great pleasure to dance with her. "If Mr. Burbank will play for me," he said with a glance at the young man, "I shall be glad to dance." Miss Snodgrass burst out laughing. "Jedidiah couldn't play well enough for an old cow to dance by," she said.
Joram had married two wives, Haggith and Naamah. The latter was his favorite, but at the end of many years she had borne him no children. Obliged to go forth to war against the Philistines, Joram entrusted his family to the care of his friend Jedidiah. At the moment of his departure, his wife Naamah, and also Tirzah, the wife of Jedidiah, discovered, each, that she was with child.
There did not seem to be anything in the way of an office they could offer him that he would accept. At last Mr. Jones suggested that the best way to please the father was to give something to the son. "Something for Jedidiah!" exclaimed Mr. Jones. "The next time I go to New York, I'll go to a toy-shop; I'll buy something for Jedidiah." So he did. He came home with the Noah's Ark.
Dyer had got out her ironing-board, that the animals might be spread out upon it; then Jedidiah lifted the roof. What a commotion there was then! The elephant on the top, and his trunk stretched out; in a minute or two he would have unfastened the wire; the giraffe's long neck was stretched out; one dove flew away directly, and some crows sat on the eaves. Mr. and Mrs.
"I wanted you to dance with me, Mr. Gray. I am sure if you can dance as well as you can play, you would get along perfectly lovely. Now you've got to play, and can't dance at all." "It isn't leap-year, Maria," said Jedidiah Burbank, in a jealous tone. Miss Snodgrass turned upon him angrily: "You needn't put in your oar, Jedidiah Burbank!" she said. "I guess I know what I'm about.
"He isn't anything to brag of," said her partner jealously. "Oh, how can you say so, Jedidiah. I See what beautiful black hair and eyes he's got, and such a lovely color on his cheeks!" Now, Jedidiah, in appearance, was just the reverse of Philip. His hair, as already stated, was tow-color, his face was tanned, and the color rather resembled brick-dust than the deep red of our hero's cheeks.
"Do you think the boy can play now?" "Yes, he can play most as well as Paul Beck," admitted Jedidiah. "Most as well? Paul Beck can't begin to play as well as him," returned Maria, who was not educated, and occasionally made slips in grammar. "Just as you say, Maria," answered Jedidiah, submissively; "only don't call me Mr. Burbank." "Why? Ain't that your name?" asked the young lady demurely.
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