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Jantje obeyed with a feeble grin, and the minutes passed on heavily. "Now, Jantje," she said at last, speaking huskily in her struggle to overcome the spasmodic contractions of her throat, "it is time for you to go." The Hottentot fidgeted about, and at last spoke. "Missie must come with me!" "Come with you!" answered Jess starting, "why?"
He greeted me with the pleasantest of broad smiles. "Jem," said I, "why don't you come to the house Sunday evenings any more?" "It don't 'pear practical, missie." Jem was given to large-sized words, when he could get hold of them. "Mr. Edwards hinders you?" "Mass' Ed'ards berry smart man, Miss Daisy. He want massa's work done up all jus' so."
Bunker exclaiming, "Well, if here is not Miss Lucy asleep on Master's old bearskin!" "What a beautiful long necklace, Mrs. Bunker! May I have it for Lonicera?" "You may play with it while you are here, Missie, if you'll take care not to break the string, but it is too curious for you to take home and lose.
"Well, well, and so we will, darlin'; we'll ax yere first thing to-morrow morning; and now lie down and go to sleep, for we must be early on the march, Missie." Cecile raised her lips to kiss Joe, and then she lay down by Maurice's side. But she did not at once go to sleep. She was thanking Jesus for sending to such a destitute, lonely little pair of children so good and so kind a guide.
"Oh, Missie, Missie, whatever be you sayin'? Me never to have no anxiety again!" "You never shall, if I can help it; old people should never have worries; that's what young people are here for, to look after them and keep them happy." Mrs. Prettyman lay back on the pillow and gazed at Robinette incredulously; it wasn't possible that such a solution had come to all her troubles.
Now, I ask you to tell me, Emma, ought I to go or stay?" My nurse was silent for some few minutes, then she said: "You had better go. While missie and my lady stop here, I shall stay, and when they go, I go. My duty is to them." Then I raised my white, miserable face from the pillow. "Do not say any more," I cried. "I am not asleep, and I understand it all."
Quitting his defensive position against the wall, he rushed upon his remaining adversary, who promptly retreated without waiting to reckon up the casualties. Then Bob jumped upon his other and slowly rising antagonists, knocked them down again and hurriedly exacted of each a "wish-I-may-die" promise to let "Little Missie" alone from that day forth. "Good for you, Bob!" exclaimed young Duncan.
Our little Missie will be no end bucked to hear that bit o' news; she was mighty taken up with her messages, she was. You'll have to wait a bit, though. I can't leave this place before twelve noon. You be on the beach above where that big hump o' seaweed is at twelve-thirty to-day, an' you'll see " the man broke off and grinned again. "What?" asked several excited people at once.
"Why did 'oo lose 'oor 'ittle gal?" pursued Dickie, avoiding the question of age. "Because I wur a fool," replied Andrew frowning. "Tell Dickie," repeated the child, to whom the "little gal" had now become more interesting than the circus; "tell Dickie all about 'oor 'ittle gal." "Well, missie," began Andrew with a sigh, "it wur like this. After her mother died my little gal an' I lived alone.
"Well, there's a time for all things," said the farmer; "and I'm willing to give up my arternoon's work, but I'm by no means willing to give up my midday meal, for we farmers don't work for nothing as doubtless you know, missie. So, if you'll come along o' me and eat a morsel, we'll set off afterwards, sure and direct, to Haddo Court; and I'll keep you up to the mark if you're likely to fail."
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