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But day followed day, and week followed week, and still the dread summons did not come. Grace discussed frequently the possible cause of Miss Wharton's negligence in the matter with Emma, her one confidante. Emma was of the opinion that, in trying to fill Miss Wilder's position, Miss Wharton had her hands full.
He greeted us with a stately courtesy and seated himself at his desk, his red beard streaming down on to the table. "Well, Mr. Holmes?" said he. But my friend's eyes were fixed upon the secretary, who stood by his master's chair. "I think, your Grace, that I could speak more freely in Mr. Wilder's absence." The man turned a shade paler and cast a malignant glance at Holmes.
A dying parishioner was no more of a novelty to Mr. Heath, than one of Mrs. Wilder's dinner-parties was to her guests, and yet the woman on the bed appealed to his pity as few others had done in his experience. When the doctor came he nodded to the clergyman and just touched the hand on the quilt.
They're agoin' to set the waggons afire! They air, by God!" The teamsters, each of whom is watching the post assigned to him, despite the danger, already extreme, see fresh cause of alarm in Wilder's words. Some slight hope had hitherto upheld them.
Grace had spent a busy two hours in Miss Wilder's office going over the applications for admittance to Harlowe House and discussing ways and means with her superior. "Do you know, Miss Wilder, that one of the very nicest things about you is your interest in one's friends and plans?" Grace regarded the older woman with sparkling eyes.
We scrambled from rock to rock until in a few moments we had made our way to a point from which we could see the front door of the inn. Wilder's bicycle was leaning against the wall beside it. No one was moving about the house, nor could we catch a glimpse of any faces at the windows. Slowly the twilight crept down as the sun sank behind the high towers of Holdernesse Hall.
I should not care to have a repetition of the station scene later, on the campus, for instance. It would hardly add to the dignity of Overton." "I'll bring her to your office to-morrow morning," said Grace, "then you can form your own opinion of her." Mary Reynolds' wistful face was the last touch needed to completely enlist Miss Wilder's sympathy in her behalf.
Succeeding years will not dim the freshness of Colonel Wilder's fame; and the more frequently we drink at this fountain, the sweeter we shall find its waters. 'You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still." It has been said that there is nothing contrived by man which has produced so much happiness as a good tavern.
When Kathleen arrived they hurried her off to her room and proceeded to acquaint her with all the facts in their possession concerning the misfortune so soon to overtake Grace. Kathleen listened to them without comment. When they had finished talking she asked one sharp question, "Do you know Miss Wilder's address?" Neither girl knew it, but Evelyn was seized with a bright idea.
On my place this highly praised sort is but moderately productive and not high-flavored, although the fruit is very large and handsome. I regard the list, however, as a most excellent one for most localities. The Hon. Marshall P. Wilder's choice for the latitude of Massachusetts: "Charles Downing, Wilder, Hervey Davis, Sharpless, Cumberland, Kentucky. Jewell is very promising."
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