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She allus has been a good deal by herself sence she got her schoolin', an' most likely doin' lots o' thinkin'. But Telly's all right," he added briefly, "an' the most willin' an' tender-hearted creetur I ever seen or heard on. She'll make an amazin' good wife fer some man, if she ever finds the right 'un." It is needless to say some one else in the boat echoed that belief in thought.
"Thank God, little girlie, you've got yer dues at last," was Uncle Terry's remark, and then, as the probable end of Telly's life with them cast its shadow athwart his vision, he bowed his face upon his hands and added in a pained voice: "I knowed it'ud come an' we'd lose ye, soon or late."
When he had bade her good night and was alone in his room, the memory of Mrs. Leach and her pitiful prayer, coupled with Telly's pleading eyes and sweet face, banished all thoughts of sleep, and he had to light another cigar and watch the moonlit ocean for a half hour while he smoked and meditated.
But such a moment is too sacred for words; only it must be said it was fortunate for both that Aunt Lissy was in the kitchen. When that worthy soul came in and greeted Albert as cordially almost as a mother, if she noticed Telly's red face and neck no one was the wiser, and maybe it was due to the cheerful open fire after all.
Of course, you only get one guaranteed wish, but if you make a second wish, you have an eighty percent chance of that coming true, also." Graham immediately perked up as Doré's words sank in. Then he became crestfallen as his eyes fell upon Telly's forlorn face, not to mention the disappointment reflected in the faces of the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger.
"Just looky there! I am beautiful!" Graham's anxiety quickly subsided. Telly's clever ploy had worked. "You are a vision of loveliness," said the boy. "I am, aren't I? I'm gorgeous!"
We want ye allus, long as we kin keep ye, make sure." Then noting the dumfounded look on Albert's face he added, "Ye mustn't mind Telly's ways, Mr. She don't quite understand, yit, what it all means. She ain't much used ter havin' a fortin drapped in her lap." To Albert the climax was not what he anticipated.
The color came to Telly's face at his evident admiration, but she did not say no to his proposal and stood patiently in the position he wished while he made the sketch. "There," he exclaimed when it was finished, "I shall transfer that to canvas when I go back, and whenever I look at it I shall recall this day and you." "Will you need the picture for that?" she replied with a smile.
He was astonished to see that there were no other passengers at all. Now he began to get frightened. Why would a great big airplane take off with no passengers except himself? And who was that captain addressing when he said "ladies and gentlemen"? He was beginning to feel that he had been caught up in an episode of Telly's Twilight Zone.
He looked at Telly's face, upon which a roguish smile had come, but it did not dawn on him what she meant. "No, I can't guess," he said; "tell me what is lacking?" "Yourself," she replied. It was a pretty compliment, and coming from any one except Telly he would have doubted its sincerity.
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