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"Yes, grandma," said Elsie, "that's what papa and mamma, too, have told Neddie and me many times; and I do ask God earnestly very, very often to give me a new heart and make me his own dear child. Grandma, papa often tells me he loves me very dearly, but that Jesus loves me still more." "Yes, dear child, the Bible tells us so and it is very sweet and comforting to think of.
I can't tell you how many pretty flowers besides. Whose dog is that?" she asked, suddenly, pointing to a picture on the wall. "It's my mamma's," said Neddie. "Is it? He's a very pretty dog. What's his name?" "He hasn't got any name. He's a picture," said Tom. "Oh, yes; he has a name. His name is Rover. Is not that a pretty name?
Violet had not heard Rosie express a desire for any particular thing, but thought they would probably see something in the stores that would strike them as handsome and suitable. "Is Elsie going with you to-day, papa? and am I?" asked Neddie. "Yes, my son, if you want to go," the captain replied. "And would you like to buy some gifts for Aunt Rosie, too?"
The curly-haired, rosy-cheeked lads were so insistent and so winsome that the old lady confessed to me afterwards, "They somehow got round my heart as they mostly does, and I let 'em go, though sore against my mind, Doctor." Of course, Willie had to go if Neddie went, for "they'd be company while t' men worked, and he could carry small things as well as t' rest. He did so want to go."
"No, he didn't," Neddie Benson said in his squeaky voice, turning his face so that neither Davie nor Captain Falk should see the motion of his lips. "I didn't ought to ship for this voyage, either. The fortune teller she was a lady, she was, a nice lady she says, 'Neddie, there'll be a dark man and a light man and a store of trouble. She kind of liked me, I think. But I up and come.
"Yes; that is indeed a cause for joy and gratitude," said Keith. "Father, will Mr. Croly be any relation to us after he gets married to Aunt Rosie?" queried Ned. "Yes, my son; brother to your mamma and me, and uncle to the rest of you." "Meaning Neddie himself and Elsie, papa?" Grace said half interrogatively and with an amused little laugh.
"Tell me who of all the men forward absolutely are not influenced by this man Kipping." "The cook," I returned, "and Bill Hayden, and, I think, Neddie Benson. Probably there are a number of others, but only of those three am I absolutely sure." "That's what I want the men you are absolutely sure of. Hm! The cook, useful but not particularly quick-witted. Hayden, a harmless, negative body.
But already he had given me valuable information that day, and now something in the tone of his rambling words caught my attention. "Has Neddie Benson been talking about the fortuneteller again?" I asked. "He's had a lot to say about her. He says the lady said to him " "But what started him off?" "He says things is bound to come to a bad end." "What things?"
"I don't know," said Sara; "it was wrapped in brown paper, I think. Even if we had seen it, we would have thought it but a twisted scrap. Did either of you see Neddie when he picked it up?" No one had, until Morton spied it on the way to his mouth, and all conjectures were useless so long as the little fellow could not explain.
"Perhaps she does in those very hot countries," said the exhibitor, "but not in California; though, as I've been telling you, she makes the male bird do the most of the setting." "Maybe that's because the eggs are all his, but don't all belong to any of the females," laughed Walter. "Perhaps that is it, sir," returned the man. "Can they run very fast?" asked Neddie.
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