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Miss Shellington did not supplement her brother's statement; but the tall stranger with the brilliant eyes gazed dubiously at the table and then down into Flea's face. "I'll bet my hat," he said in a tone deep and rich, "that you boys have been thieving!"
"Well," she drawled, "ye don't hog down this 'un! He's mine!" "But the money, Boy! Don't you want the money?" Her heart was beating so fast that she dared not lift her eyes again to his. Then a lady spoke in a soft voice, and Flea glanced at her. "This is Mr. Horace Shellington," she said, "and if he did not have the pig he would be disappointed. You'll let him buy it, won't you?"
Especially did she cling to Mildred Vandecar, and raised in the golden-haired daughter of the governor an idol at whose shrine she worshiped. One Saturday morning in the latter part of March, Mildred Vandecar persuaded her mother to allow her to go, accompanied by Katherine, to the Shellington home. They found Ann reading aloud to the twins, Flukey resting on the divan.
Floyd was silent, and sometime passed before he heard the girl's smothered voice: "And I'm goin' to love him always even after we go away!" "We ain't goin' away," said Floyd. "Who said so?" "Mr. Shellington." "When?" "Last night." Fledra lifted her head and grasped the boy's thin hands in hers. "You're sure it was last night, Fluke?" "Yep, I be sure. I was layin' here with my face to the wall.
"Well, yes, there is," admitted Brimbecomb. "I'll do anything I can," replied Horace heartily. Brimbecomb hesitated before going on. Shellington looked so grave, so dignified, so much more manly than he had ever seen him, that he scarcely dared open his subject. "It's something that may touch you at first, Horace," he explained; "but "
As his suspicion grew within him, his eyes traveled over her face again and again; then he put his feet on the floor and stood up. "Ye didn't tell me the truth this morning, did ye?" Miss Shellington forced him gently back on the divan, and sat down beside him. "I'd hoped, Floyd, dear," she said tremblingly, "that we were all going to be happy. You must be brave and help me, won't you?
Fledra crushed back against the cabin wall and eluded his searching fingers. "I was goin' to marry Mr. Shellington; but I ain't now. I'm going back to him for tonight, and tomorrow, and I'm goin' to let him kiss me, and I'm goin' to kiss him." She put forward her face until her breath swept Lem's skin. "I'm goin' to kiss him as much as much as he'll let me.
"Yep," answered Lon, dropping his gaze. Everett decided that the man had lied to him, and he was glad. "I think you said you had some plans for the girl," he broke forth presently. "Yep; but no plans be any good when she's with Shellington." "But after she has left him? Would you be willing to change your plans for her?" Cronk did not reply, but centered his gaze full upon Everett.
Shellington smiled at the interruption. "You will still own your dog and pig, child, if you ever wish to go away. My sister and I are anxious to have your brother grow strong and well. He has rheumatic fever, which is sometimes very stubborn, and if we don't work hard " He paused, tempted to pass one arm about the girl as his sister had done; but the womanliness of her forbade.
For a long time Miss Shellington stood staring at Everett, and the man as fixedly at her. The movements were still going on in the loft. "How came you here?" cried Ann sharply, when she had at last gathered her senses. "I might ask you the same thing," replied Everett suavely. "This is scarcely a place for a girl like you." "I came after Fledra," she said slowly. "I didn't know "
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