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"Puss in Boots." "Well, he was wise; but then he was not human; he was a cat. Ha! Socrates. Shall we call him Socrates, Socrates, Socrates?" SOPHY. "Socrates, Socrates!" Mop yawned. WAIFE. "He don't take to Socrates, prosy!" SOPHY. "Ah, Mr. Merle's book about the Brazen Head, Friar Bacon! He must have been very wise." WAIFE. "Not bad; mysterious, but not recondite; historical, yet familiar.
"There is a difficulty in getting young men for our colonial work; and I am young and strong, stronger than most young men in the Church. I could endure hardships, and go in for work that feebler men must leave untried; you have taken care of that for me. Such a life would be more like old Felix Merle's than a London curacy.
And what Gentleman Waife says as to the vulgar, is uncommon true." This matter settled, and Merle's future secured in a way that his stars, or his version of their language, had not foretold to him, George and Waife walked on to the station, Merle following with the Parson's small carpet-bag, and Sir Isaac charged with Waife's bundle.
The next week was a busy one to all. Mr Elliott, during that time, took up his residence at Judge Merle's, only making daily visits to the little brown house behind the elms where Janet and the bairns were putting things to rights. There was a great deal to be done, but it was lovely weather, and all were in excellent spirits, and each did something to help.
After that they went on to Wilbur's ball, which still without a trace of form he dropped on the green with a mashie, in spite of Merle's warning that he would need a mid-iron to reach it. They drove, and again Merle lectured upon the three reasons why his ball came to rest in a sand trap that flanked the fairway.
The answer came with the low, drawling laugh of Stud Bennett, otherwise Studart, brother to Jessie, the "merle's" calling mate, who was himself playing fiddle-faddle in the sunshine, after a four-mile hike. "Humph! Well, I'm off to locate a spring where's the blue bucket? When I get back you'll have to turn to, you dummies, build a fire and unpack the commissariat otherwise rolls by the dozen.
She had been educated solely at 'The Moorings, and she very much resented any allusions by Merle to former doings at the Whinburn High school. Iva and Nesta were more broad-minded, and were quite ready to take the benefit of Merle's past experiences, but as their work lay largely at the hostel they were not so likely to clash.
An enormous cravat was wound about his neck in so many folds that the little head which protruded from that muslin labyrinth certainly did justify Captain Merle's comparison. The stranger also wore tight-fitting trousers and Suwaroff boots.
The day afterwards Rugge went away seemingly in high spirits, and the Cobbler had no doubt, from some words he let fall in passing Merle's stall towards the railway, that Sophy was recaptured, and that Rugge was summoned to take possession of her. Ascertaining from the manager that Losely and Mrs.
When he saw Merle's picture, leaning the beautiful head on the two long fingers and the hair kind of scrambly, he just said, 'Ah, you young scamp of a socialist! as if he were saying, 'Oh, fie on you! Merle can talk the whole bunch down when he gets to shooting on all six sounds good, but I've no doubt it's just wise twaddle. "What a stunning dancer you are!
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