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Be brave and gentle always, and as a parting gift I give you this little box which contains a talisman to help you bear any troubles or difficulties that may come to you." As he spoke, he put into Patty's hand a small parcel sealed at each end with red sealing-wax. "Don't open it now," he continued. "Keep it just as it is until you reach Aunt Isabel's.
I'm glad Hilda gave me this bag; it's most convenient." The bag in question was a large, plain affair of dark green cloth, with a black ribbon drawstring. It proved to be Patty's constant companion, as it was roomy enough to hold gloves, veils, handkerchiefs, as well as pencil and paper, and anything else they might need through the day.
There was no answer and she rapped again, vexed with her own carelessness. Patty's face appeared promptly behind her screen of mosquito netting in the second story, but before she could exchange a word with her sister, Deacon Baxter opened the blinds of his bedroom window and put his head out. "You can try sleepin' outdoors, or in the barn to-night," he called.
"They might as well be in use as packed away in that trunk in the garret for moths to gnaw." No moths would ever have ventured near those quilts, for they reeked of mothballs to such an extent that they had to be hung in the orchard of Patty's Place a full fortnight before they could be endured indoors. Verily, aristocratic Spofford Avenue had rarely beheld such a display.
His candle was lighted on the floor beside him and near it lay a newspaper cutting crumpled in a ball. I picked it up. It was a list of the bridal party for Miss Patty's wedding. I dropped it where I found it and went out and knocked again loudly. He wakened after a minute and came to the door with the candle in his hand. "Oh, it's you, Minnie. Come in!" I went in and put my candle on the table.
"Leighton, I have decided to leave the yacht at Venice and take Aunt Patty to Udine for rest and quiet. When summer is over, I shall be ready to make arrangements for the journey to Syria and Egypt, and you must complete your church mission to England in time to accompany us to Jerusalem." "Is this your itinerary, or Aunt Patty's?" "She has set her heart upon it; and it will be agreeable to me."
This delighted the girls, because the kitten's face really looked a little like Patty's, which was round too, and what Jean described as "purry", "that's to say, looking pleased at everything, as if she were purring," she explained. Enid had reserved her efforts until the last, and her page in the album was considered the very best of all.
The ride was a silent one, but Farnsworth held Patty's hand in a close, warm pressure all the way. As they reached the platform, he bent over her and whispered: "Good-bye, sweetheart, DEAR little Apple Blossom. Some day I shall come back and win you for my own. Until then, I shall just wait, and love you."
Patty's quick eyes saw that Mona was ill at ease, and that the others were including her in their conversation merely through a perfunctory politeness. Patty, with her captain in tow, went up to the trio, and all joined in merry chatter.
She read it, and she hated herself for admiring it. The self-lie was not among Patty's failings. There was no denying that Warrington's speech was a good oratorical effort; every line of it rang sound and true; but that might be a trick of the trade. He could make thieves and villains on the stage speak glibly and plausibly; certainly he could do as much for himself.
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