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"Excuse me, Cousin Sam," said Kate, in a laughter-wearied tone, "I could not help it; turkeys and sentimentality do not agree always!" adding the last word maliciously, as I sprang out to open the farm-house gate, and disclosed Melindy, framed in the buttery window, skimming milk; a picture worthy of Wilkie. I delivered over my captives to Joe, and stalked into the kitchen to give Mrs.
Then, what do you think? dad saw an advertisement in the paper, and he rit right away and got this situation; and here I am ever since, and s'pose will be for a leetle longer" and with a knowing look Melindy Jane would draw her hearers' attention to Mr.
"I'd like to see you, Mose Spriggins, forgit yourself in such a manner it would be the last time you would act so in my presence," returned Melindy Jane in simply bewitching tones and more bewitching gestures. "Well, just you wait till we get back to Sunflower Dale." "'Sunflower', a nice name to be callin' our place. I wish that Mrs.
And, as Kenelm had, according to Mrs. Barnes, spoken and appeared as usual, it was evident that Hannah Parker, too, had gotten safely and undetected to her own apartment. Thankful knocked at his door again. "I'm sorry," she said, "but Melindy Pease hasn't sent home your mendin' yet. I'm afraid you'll have to do without your er your winter things for one more day." "Hey? My winter Oh, yes, yes.
The door opened and revealed Moses and Melindy armed for fight with a good supply of ammunition in the foreground. The scene that followed baffles description. The ludicrous expression upon the face of host and hostess is something to be imagined. The roars of laughter were deafening and it was some time before Phillip Lawson could make an attempt towards explanation.
Bemont's message. Melindy came out; but as soon as I began to tell her mother where I got that message, Miss Melindy, with the sang froid of a duchess, turned back to her skimming, or appeared to. I gained nothing by that move. Peggy and Peter received us benignly; so universal a solvent is success, even in turkey-hunting!
Melindy Thrasher had not seen more than a fortnight's service in the Lawson family when Mr. Spriggins made it convenient to stay and spend the evening.
"It's one week to-day, Melindy," she announced in a voice of accusing indignation, "since there's been a team got through; and it's going to be another before they'll get the road broke out!" "Like as not, Granny," responded the girl, beating the batter with an impatience that belied the cheerfulness of her tone. "But what does it matter, anyway? We're all right here for a month!"
"Of course, if one knew who had them to sell," retorted Peter. "I know," said I; "Mrs. Amzi Peters, up on the hill over Taunton, has got some." "Who told you about Mrs. Peters's turkeys, Cousin Sam?" said Peggy, wondering. "Melindy," said I, quite innocently. Peter whistled, Peggy laughed, Kate darted a keen glance at me under her long lashes.
Melindy Jane took much pride in informing her fellow-laborers that "she had been engaged to work with the Verneses all through the Montgomeryses, for she had seen the first Miss Verne along with her intended up to the upper neighborhood at church, and she and a hull lot of the young folks came out from Mill Crossin' to go, and when they seed the grand folks, they'd inquired and found out all about him.
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