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Updated: June 11, 2025
There was a pleasant air of excitement all through the little settlement as the people, dressed in their simple best, walked along the path leading to the Westons'. The minister and his wife, each holding Melvina by the hand, were among the first comers. "It was a friendly thought to ask your neighbors to share your good fortune," said Mr. Lyon as he greeted Mrs. Weston.
Why is it that ministers' daughters have so many gifts?" and Luretta sighed. Her only doll was made of wood, and, though it was very dear to her, Luretta longed for a doll with a china head and hands, such as the fortunate little daughter of the minister already possessed. "I care not for Melvina Lyon, if she be a minister's daughter," Anna responded bravely.
Then she remembered that the rabbits were to be named that morning; and, forgetting all about Melvina, she ran swiftly along the path, beginning to sing in her old-time manner. Luretta was watching for her, and smiled happily when she heard Anna's voice. "Oh!
Soon cotillion parties were formed, and among the first to offer his hand to Melvina, was a young man named Sheldon, the same alluded to as declaring that he would dance with her, as he always did with the belle of the ball room. Melvina knew his character well, and Henry Clarence was aware that she possessed this knowledge. His eye was upon her, and she knew it.
"She can do nothing but sew and knit and make fine cakes, and read from grown-up books. She is never allowed to go fishing, or wade in the cove on warm days, or go off in the woods as I do. I doubt if Melvina Lyon could tell the difference 'twixt a partridge and heron, or if she could tell a spruce tree from a fir. And as for presents, hers are of no account.
"You do everything best," Anna declared generously, "but I did not know that you could run so fast." "Neither did I," Melvina acknowledged laughingly. Anna felt a little puzzled by this sudden change in Melvina, which was far more noticeable than Anna's own effort to give up her boyish ways and become a quiet, sedate little girl.
Her thoughts, whatever they were, seemed to amuse her vastly. The moment the tramp of the horse's hoofs sounded on the gravel outside, she was alert and called to Melvina, stationed at the window: "Is that Tony?" "Yes, marm." "Has he got Mr. Benton with him?" "Yes, Miss Webster. An' there's somebody else, too." "That's good. Show Mr. Benton right up here. You needn't wait.
"Nonsense, Caroline! There hasn't been such a chance to make a sensation this season." "And why should I wish to make a sensation, Melvina?" "Because it's the only way to attract attention. Now-a-days, the person who creates a sensation, secures the prize that a dozen quiet, retiring individuals are looking and longing after, in vain. We must dazzle if we would win."
"Wait till every smitch of it's burned up an' then come back." "Yes, marm." But again Melvina loitered. "I tell you the thing is mine to do with as I please," declared Ellen angrily. "Yes, marm." "Ain't you going?" "Y-e-s." As she heard the nurse's reluctant step on the stairs, an evil light came into the old woman's face. "I'll fix that!" she whispered aloud.
"I'll get a chair ready, and fix you in it, an' shove you over to the window so'st you can look out. There ain't much to see, to be sure; still the change will rest you, an' mebbe you'll sleep better after it." Ellen did not demur. Melvina had proved herself a trustworthy pilot and demonstrated that her suggestions were worth considering. "All right," she replied.
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