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At one time while I was in Dubuque looking after my restaurant, saloon, billiard and keno rooms, I met a robust, rosy-cheeked young man, who had come out West seeking his fortune in the show business. He came into my place and introduced himself, as he was a total stranger in those parts.
"You can buy what you like in the village, and cook it in our oven; but, prithee, mutter no charms nor sorceries here, good man; don't ye now, it do make my flesh creep so." They scoured the village for food, and ended by supping on roasted eggs and brown bread. At a very early hour their chambermaid came for them. It was a rosy-cheeked old fellow with a lanthorn. They followed him.
She would surely think he had been flirting with this rosy-cheeked servant, and he might never have an opportunity of telling her that his sole reason for encouraging the conversation lay in his anxiety to learn as much as possible about Marigny and his associates. "My, ain't she smart!" said the girl when Cynthia had gone. Medenham put his hand in his pocket and gave her half-a-crown.
In the cake-shops, and the queer little "pubs" where rosy-cheeked girls sold very thin beer, they could not be polite enough to the visitors from overseas; even the haughtiest-looking "bobby" would stop to tell you the way about the streets. "First to the roight, third to the left," he would say, very fast; and when you looked bewildered, he would say it again, as fast as ever.
It is to be hoped that fate will spare Mademoiselle Ada from such happiness; from a rosy-cheeked, chubby child she has turned into a weak-chested, pale girl; her nerves are already deranged. The number of Varvara Pavlovna adorers has diminished, but she still has some; a few she will probably retain to the end of her days.
Then she went on a little farther and came to a tree laden with beautiful rosy-cheeked apples, and as she passed by it called out: 'Oh I shake me, shake me, my apples are all quite ripe. She did as she was asked, and shook the tree till the apples fell like rain and none were left hanging.
Miss Lavinia having, by a solemn movement of the head, indicated her willingness to languish without her hostess' society for a short period, Miss Sallianna rose, and made her exit from the apartment, with upraised eyes and gently smiling lips. Five minutes afterwards Redbud ran in, laughing and rosy-cheeked. "Oh, cousin Lavinia!" she cried, "I'm so glad to see you!"
She was a sweet-faced, rosy-cheeked English girl, with a soft voice and very pretty manner, and at present she was gently agitated by the privilege of speaking to her lady, whom she, as well as all the rest of the maids, regarded as a sort of cross between angel and goddess.
John and Betty were in gales of laughter when the shy, rosy-cheeked maid asked if they would have some "jammed fingers." "What in the world does she mean?" inquired Betty, between her giggles. "I don't know, I am sure. Do you, Barbara? Oh, yes I do! Probably she means 'jam fingers. I have heard the name. Please bring us some," Mrs. Pitt requested.
On a side-deck, leaning over the rail, stood a man and a woman. The man was strong, tan-faced, his eyes bright with fresh power. The woman was rosy-cheeked and exquisite in her new beauty. For the miracle of Spring which changed the earth had changed Myra and Joe. They too had put forth power and life, blossom and new green leaves.
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