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"Then," said the governor, coldly, "by the laws of God and this commonwealth, I as a magistrate pronounce you man and wife." "Ah! Gurdon, Gurdon," said the groom, married legally in spite of himself, "thee's a cunning fellow."
"I should think you would be slow to revolt against such a benign government," remarked Mr. Hearn most graciously, and the thought occurred to me that he was not displeased to have me out of the way so long. "Yes, indeed," chimed in Mr. Yocomb; "we're always all the better for minding mother. Thee'll find that out, Richard, after thee's been here a few weeks longer." "Mr.
"He doesn't say, but it's on the frontier, and on the map everything beyond it is marked 'Indians' and 'desert, and looks as desolate as a Wednesday Meeting." "Humph. It was time for him to do something. Is he going to start a daily newspaper among the Kick-a-poos?" "Father, thee's unjust to Philip. He's going into business." "What sort of business can a young man go into without capital?"
Richard Hilton laughed merrily at the gravity with which she uttered the last sentence. "Why, Miss Asenath, I mean what am I good for; if I have not strength enough to carry a basket?" "Thee's a man, I know, and I think a man would almost as lief be thought wicked as weak. Thee can't help being weakly-inclined, and it's only right that thee should be careful of thyself.
"Thee's very sympathetic, Richard." Miss Warren looked at him threateningly. I tried to laugh it off, and said, "Even if he had a millstone for a heart, it must have broken at such a loss." "Oh, don't thee worry. He's a hale and hearty grandfather to-day." Miss Warren broke into a laugh that set all my nerves tingling. "Yes," she cried, "I thought it would end in that way."
'I know a black-bess when I see one, replied Martha sharply; and all the boys and girls joined in a ready roar of merriment against Bess Thompson, whose nickname was the common country name for a beetle. 'That'll do! they shouted; 'she knows a black-bess! Thee's got thy answer, Bess Thompson.
Mother and I kept the children away then, and Doctor Bates had the wink from me to be discreet; but thee's been a sensible man since thee got up, and put the whole thing away from thee very bravely." "Mr. Yocomb, I won't play the hypocrite with you. I love her better than my own soul." "Thee does?" he said, in strong surprise. "Yes, and I ought to have gone away long ago, I fear.
If thee's strong enough to walk to the village and back, it might do thee more good than sitting still." Richard Hilton at once jumped down from the wall. "Certainly I am able to go," said he, "if you will allow it." "Haven't I asked thee?" was her quiet reply. "Let me carry your basket," he said, suddenly, after they had walked, side by side, some distance down the lane.
"Perhaps I will tell you some time," I answered hesitatingly; then added reverently, "It was of a very sacred nature." "Thee's right," she said, gravely. "Far be it from me to wish to look curiously upon thy soul's communion." For a moment I felt guilty that I should have so misled her, but reassured myself with the thought, "That which I dwelt upon was as sacred to me as my mother's memory."
"There is always plenty of gossip in this neighborhood, and some persons, no doubt, have been too free with my name, mine and my daughter's, I may say. But I want thee to know that that has nothing to do with the relinquishment of my visits to thee. If thee's curious to learn the reason, perhaps thy son Alfred may be able to give it more circumstantially than I can."
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