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"Do let me write a note to my friend Captain Starlin, and get you all invitations to the Thunderer dance to-night," she tacked on to the tail of her explanation. "He's an old friend of mine, too," said Sir Lionel, "and we've not only invitations already, but have accepted them, and sent for my sister's and Miss Lethbridge's clothes."
Now I'll warrant you, they'll have a spread by and by, that'll be worth all they'll get here to-day." "Who's come, Mr. Selden?" "Wall, they ain't all here yet, I guess; my folks is up in the lot, hard to work, I s'pose. Mis' Seelye's gals is here; and Bill Howe and his wife; and the Delamaters; that's all, I guess. He's safe now, Mis' Starlin'."
There was no mistakin' them big letters. They was on soft paper, and lots o' stamps, as I said." "You gave them out? Who to?" "To Mis' Starlin' herself. I mind partic'lerly. She come for 'em herself, and she got 'em. You don't mean she lost 'em on her way hum? They was postmarked some queer name, but they come from Californy; I know that. You hain't never forgotten 'em?
Of course, my answer was "Yes"; and he said there was an old friend of his whom he would like to see, Captain Starlin, of the Thunderer, so he'd ask for an invitation. He scribbled things in pencil on a visiting-card, and sent it on board the big gray monster, by a nice low-necked sailor. Of course, the invitation which came back was most cordial, and even Mrs.
"They ain't nowheres else, then," answered her factotum. "Josh, you don't strip the cows clean." "Who doos, then?" said Josh, grinning. "If 'tain't me, I don' know who 'tis. That 'ere red heifer is losin' on her milk, though, Mis' Starlin'. She had ought to be fed sun'thin'." "Well, feed her, then," cried the mistress. "You know enough for that.
Norton, who had the air of thinking a ballroom a sort of pound for lost souls. Up came Sir Lionel as if to speak to her, and I don't know what made me do it I said, "I saved a dance for you, but you never asked me for it, so I gave it to someone else." His face got red. Perhaps he thought I was lecturing him for being rude. "Did you give it to Starlin?" he asked, bluntly. "No.
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