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Updated: June 15, 2025
A moment later there was a scramble from the trail and Bob, Phil and Paul rushed into the tent. They started back as they saw the frightened faces of the girls. Then Bet laughed. "We thought it was robbers! After the treasure!" she exclaimed, jumping to her feet and displaying the precious box. "Three cheers for The Merriweather Girls!" shouted Bob. The professor was delighted.
It's aristocratic!" Suddenly Kit saw two boys coming down the street and she had the door open in a flash: "Come right in, Bob and Phil. The Merriweather Girls are in council and having decided some very important matters, they want your approval." "Flattery, you mean! You girls just feed on flattery, and you expect us to supply it like boxes of candy."
It was their favorite spot in all that wide expanse of lawn and woodland that made up the Merriweather Estate, the home of Colonel Baxter. And here it was that they always brought their picnic feast, and today the basket reposed near by filled with surprises that Auntie Gibbs, the Baxter housekeeper loved to prepare for Bet and her friends.
The Whig leaders of the South were Pettigru, Thompson, and Yeadon of South Carolina, Merriweather, Toombs, and Stephens, of Georgia, while the Democratic lights were McDuffie, Rhett, and Pickens of South Carolina, and Charlton, Cobb, Colquitt, and Herschel V. Johnson of Georgia. The campaign of 1844 was bitter in Georgia.
"But I'm sure Lady Betty didn't care about that! She still had Lord Cecil!" "You know, Kit, I don't believe people have a chance now-a-days to show so much courage. In those stirring times, one had to do daring things." "If Lady Betty were alive now, I think she'd do something wonderful. It was her nature." "I think she'd be pleased if she knew about our club, don't you? The Merriweather Girls!
"I believe beating's the way to subdue most women," said Morse, lighting a cigarette. But as he said this, a slight smile passed over his face. He thought of Molly Merriweather in connection with the man's logic. "It's the way pa done to my stepmother," observed Maudlin presently.
During the remainder of the day he was unable to see her alone for a moment, or to obtain any further reason to believe that the ice was in reality broken between them. But his course was no longer noncommittal, even to the most careless observer. The other guests of the house smiled; and Mr. Merriweather and Mr.
To some these may seem to overbalance that to which I object. If they do, all right. I am merely deciding for myself. Once and for all, for me it is land. It is born in me to love it, to handle it easily, to get the best results from stock. I am going to take the Merriweather place adjoining ours on the west, and yours on the south.
They tried to imagine him as he had been before the responsibilities of the great war lay heavy on his shoulders. The young Washington, owner of the estate. There must have been gay parties in this house. Bet shut her eyes for a second and could see the belles of that day. She wondered if Lady Betty Merriweather had ever been a guest in the house. It would not be impossible.
"She's much better looking than Lady Betty, if you ask me," exclaimed Bob, but if Kit liked the compliment she didn't show it. Lady Betty was perfect and no one could outdo her in anything. "Come on, Joy, hurry up. Let's get started!" said Bob suddenly. "But we'll have to wait for Kit to get out of that dress and change to her own." "So Lady Merriweather isn't going to step back into the frame?
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