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'I shan't be a bit tired, Mother. Mrs. Stewart looked at her little daughter with a smile. 'I am afraid of your overdoing it, Tricksy; she said. 'You are always trying to do as much as the others, who are so much older than yourself. Well, do as you like; I leave you in Allan's charge, and he will see that you are not made to walk too fast.
If it were another spirit aping Charlotte Brontë if here and there at rare spots and among people of a certain temperament, or even at many spots and among people of all temperaments, tricksy spirits are liable to rise as a sort of earth-bubbles and set furniture in movement, and tell things which we either know already or should be as well without knowing I must frankly confess that I have but a feeble interest in these doings, feeling my life very short for the supreme and awful revelations of a more orderly and intelligible kind which I shall die with an imperfect knowledge of.
Tricksy, who had been gazing wistfully across the water, suddenly melted into tears. 'All our fun spoilt, she said, with the big drops rolling down her face; 'what a horrid, horrid summer we are going to have, and poor Neil 'Buck up, Tricksy, said Allan; 'the bottom hasn't tumbled out of the Universe yet.
Still Harry found the matter hard to understand, and during several days, he was frequently to be observed sitting on dykes and contemplating Hamish, who shared the honours of the time with Neil. 'Only a few days now, observed Tricksy regretfully, 'and there will be an end of all the fun.
Toby certainly pleaded hard for Miss Lucinda's theory of a soul; but his was no good one: some tricksy and malign little spirit had lent him his share of intellect, and he used it to the entire subjugation of Miss Lucinda.
'There they are in the distance, said Hamish; 'at least, these seem to be the dogs. 'That's certainly Laddie, said Allan, standing up and looking, 'and that little black speck seems to be Carlo; but surely those can't be Reggie and Tricksy with them? All stared at two curious figures that looked like animated bundles of hay coming along the road.
'Isn't it awfully jolly having dinner out-of-doors? said Marjorie, whose short curly hair was blowing about her face and glistening in the sun, while her blue eyes danced with merriment. 'Much nicer than indoors, said Tricksy. 'I wish we could live here altogether.
'He won't be long now, said Allan. 'We are going to have visitors soon. Father has written to ask Graham major and Graham minor and their Pater to come and stay with us as they have such long holidays this year, owing to the measles. 'Who are they? inquired Reggie. 'Fellows from my school. Did you never hear me speak of them? 'I didn't, said Tricksy. 'Are they nice boys? 'Decent enough.
'Hulloa, father! hulloa, Allan! said Tricksy, dimpling and smiling. Laddie looked up for a minute; then burst into a joyous barking, and sprang several feet off the ground, turning round in the air before once more alighting upon his paws; then he tore up and down the pier like a dog out of his senses.
Led by this wandering tricksy being, I came to a spot where the trees were very large and the damp dark ground almost free from undergrowth; and here the voice ceased to be heard. After patiently waiting and listening for some time, I began to look about me with a slight feeling of apprehension.
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