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The place is known as the rattlesnakes' den to this day, though there are none there now, I believe." "My little cousin is well, I hope," said Mr. Rossitur. "She? yes, bless her! she is always well. Where is she? Fairy, where are you? Cynthy, just call Elfleda here." "She's just in the thick of the muffins, Mr. Ringgan." "Let the muffins burn! Call her."
But whether the sunshine of affection in Fleda's glance and smile at her grandfather, made him feel that she was above a compliment, or whether it put the words out of his head, certain it is that he uttered none. "So you've had bad success to-day," continued Mr. Ringgan, "Where have you been? and what after? partridges?" "No, Sir," said Mr.
"Why, of course but you will observe, Miss Ringgan, that at that day the world was unenlightened on a great many points; since then, we have cast off the wrong which we then shared with the rest of mankind." "Ay, Sir, but not until we had first repudiated it, and Englishmen had desired to force it back upon us at the point of the sword. Four times " "But, my dear Fleda," interrupted Mrs.
"But you will go with me to the concert to-morrow night? both of you and hear Truffi; come to my house and take tea and go from there? will you, Constance?" "My dear Mrs. Thorn!" said Constance, "I shall be in ecstacies, and Miss Ringgan was privately imploring me last night to find some way of getting her to it.
Ringgan would give him his first lesson," the old gentleman immediately arose with that alacrity of manner he always wore when he had a visitor that pleased him, and taking his hat and cane led the way out; choosing, with a man's true carelessness of housewifery etiquette, the kitchen route, of all others.
"I told him, sir, that you had not got the returns from your farm that you expected this year, owing to one thing and 'nother; and that you couldn't make up the cash for him all at once; and that he would have to wait a spell, but that he'd be sure to get it in the long run. Nobody ever suffered by Mr. Ringgan yet, as I told him." "Well?"
But such a face within side of it! She came almost dancing into the room. "This is Miss Ringgan! as she appeared when she was going to see the pine trees. Hugh, don't you wish you had a picture of me?" "I have got a tolerable picture of you, somewhere," said Hugh. "This is somebody very different from the Miss Ringgan that went to see Mrs. Evelyn, I can tell you," Fleda went on gayly.
"Miss Ringgan!" said the gentleman, coming up softly, as to something that frightened him "my dear Miss Fleda! I am distressed! You are very ill. Can nothing be done to relieve you?" Fleda's lips rather than her voice said, "Nothing." "I would not have come in on any account to disturb you if I had known I did not understand you were more than a trifle ill."
Rossitur, "after you have read the letter, for I suppose you will read it sometime. You should have had it before, it came enclosed to me, but I forgot unaccountably to mail it to you till a few days ago." "It will be just as good now, sir," said Mr. Ringgan. "There is a matter in it though," said Rossitur, "about which my mother has given me a charge. We will see you to-morrow.
Carleton had no more eager listener now than she, and perhaps none whose unaffected interest and sympathy gave him more pleasure. When they rose from the table Mr. Ringgan would not be insinuated into the cold front room again. "No, no," said he, "what's the matter? the table?
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