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"'Ah, when wrecked are my desires On the everlasting Never, And my heart with all its fires Out forever, In the cradle of Creation Finds the soul resuscitation! "Shelldrake, however, turning to his wife, said, "'Elviry, how many up-stairs rooms is there in that house down on the Sound? "'Four, besides three small ones under the roof. Why, what made you think of that, Jesse? said she.
He has somehow acquired a bad name, especially among farmers; but, on the whole, there is scarcely a wild thing in the woods that better repays one for the long hours spent in catching a glimpse of him. Shelldrake, or shellbird, is the name by which this duck is generally known, though how he came to be called so would be hard to tell.
Once, on the coast, I saw a shelldrake tying in vain to fly against the wind, which flung rudely among some tall reeds near me. The next moment Don, my old dog, had him. In a hungry moment he had driven his bill through both shells of a scallop, which slipped or worked its way up to his nostrils, muzzling the bird perfectly with a hard shell ring.
"This seemed to us a dark and bitter reflection; but one or another of us recalled some illustration of human hypocrisy, and the evidences, by the simple fact of repetition, gradually led to a division of opinion, Hollins, Shelldrake, and Miss Ringtop on the dark side, and the rest of us on the bright. The last, however, contented herself with quoting from her favorite poet, Gamaliel J. Gawthrop:
"'The effect of beer, said he, 'depends, I think, on the commixture of the nourishing principle of the grain with the cooling properties of the water. Perhaps, hereafter, a liquid food of the same character may be invented, which shall save us from mastication and all the diseases of the teeth. "Hollins and Shelldrake, at his invitation, divided a bottle between them, and he took a second.
However, the true Reformer must expect to be misunderstood and misrepresented by meaner minds. That love which I bear to all creatures teaches me to forgive you. Without such love, all plans of progress must fail. Is it not so, Abel?" "Shelldrake could only ejaculate the words, 'Pity! 'Forgive! in his most contemptuous tone; while Mrs.
I had a special dread of again encountering Miss Ringtop, but she was wandering up and down the bluff, under the pines, singing, 'The dream is past. There was a sound of loud voices, as we approached the stoop. Hollins, Shelldrake and his wife, and Abel Mallory were sitting together near the door.
The end was, we were all satisfied. "'Now for our first meal in Arcadia! was the next cry. Mrs. Shelldrake, like a prudent housekeeper, marched off to the kitchen, where Perkins had already kindled a fire. We looked in at the door, but thought it best to allow her undisputed sway in such a narrow realm.
It was really a lovely spot which Shelldrake had chosen so secluded, while almost surrounded by the winged and moving life of the Sound, so simple, so pastoral and home-like. No one doubted the success of our experiment, for that evening at least. "Perkins Brown, Shelldrake's boy-of-all-work, awaited us at the door.
"'Now, are you sure you can bear the test? we heard Hollins ask, as we approached. "'Bear it? Why, to be sure! replied Shelldrake 'if I couldn't bear it, or if you couldn't, your theory's done for. Try! I can stand it as long as you can. "'Well, then, said Hollins, 'I think you are a very ordinary man.
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