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Plaisted was waiting, while Dexie threw herself into a chair in muffled shrieks of laughter. "There, now, I guess I can keep a straight face till the time arrives;" and a few minutes later she followed the family to the dining-room.
Plaisted, made a trip to Prince Edward Island before the winter set in, and though they did not make a very extensive purchase, they travelled through the country and learned its resources, visiting many farms where salable horses could be secured in the spring. They took the horses they purchased direct to New York, where they were disposed of to good advantage, after which Mr.
Whichever you dislike the most, you will be sure to get. Now I understand what she meant when she asked me before dinner if I would praise the shad," and she joined her father's laugh; it was so contagious. "Well, I will be compelled to cry quits, sure enough," said Plaisted; "but I never suspected that she could make such comical verses." "Oh! that is second-hand poetry, Plaisted.
In a very short time Frankie was back with the stone, Georgie, meanwhile, being engaged in setting up the cat's monument. "What do you want with the stone, Dexie?" he asked, as he regarded her attentively. "Come with me, Frankie, and I will show you," and she led him upstairs to the upper hall. "I want to play a trick on Mr. Plaisted; but I can't, unless you will help me."
"Can I trouble you for a drink of water, Miss Dexter?" he said, with a malicious grin. Dexie took no notice of this request, knowing it was made only for the purpose of using her detested name. He repeated his request a second time, and even Gussie flushed at his offensive tone, though she called Dexie's attention to the request. "Dexie, Mr. Plaisted asks for a drink. Where are your manners?"
I hardly think you are awake yet, Plaisted," and he regarded him severely. "Do you know what time it is?" Plaisted glanced at the clock, and his angry feelings were swallowed up in the feeling of shame that spread a flush over his face. "Heavens! I never thought it was so late as that! So we have lost the train again by my carelessness. Too bad, Sherwood. But that joke was no light one.
Plaisted, but I am very, very sorry," said Gussie, who felt all the insolence of the words that were spoken with such suavity. "Why will you call her Dexter when you know that it makes her throw aside all civility?"
Sherwood returned to Halifax and settled down for the winter. Mr. Plaisted remained in New York, but promised to be in Halifax early in the spring, and be ready for the first boat that crossed to the Island. The first winter in Halifax passed very pleasantly to the Sherwoods.
Dexie was not aware of the change in Hugh McNeil until Mr. Plaisted had left the city, and she was surprised and displeased to see that Hugh now ignored Gussie's presence almost as much as Gussie had his when Mr. Plaisted was near, and turned to her instead.
"I have sent them away for repairs, Gussie dear," Dexie replied, in her sweetest tone, "and I fear they will not be returned to me until after Mr. Plaisted has taken his departure. Very sorry, but they have experienced such a strain these few days past that they were about worn out." "Dexie, I am ashamed of you! Bring a drink of water for Mr. Plaisted directly!" "My dearest Gussie, if Mr.
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