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Mavis, Merle, Muriel, and Edith were all down for piano solos, Beata was to bring her violin, and Nesta, Iva, and Kitty were to sing. They would all do their best, but none had reached a very high level in the matter of attainment. Miss Mitchell, with memories of the splendid talent mustered at St. Cyprian's College in her own schooldays, felt that the concert would be a most modest affair.
I am, with all duty and respect, your Excellency's most, &c., "Robert Campbell." No. IVa. The following copy of a letter which passed from one clergyman of the Church of Scotland to another, was communicated to me by John Gregorson, Esq. of Ardtornish. The escape of Rob Roy is mentioned, like other interesting news of the time with which it is intermingled.
"No, let us pass on," said Sefulu, "there are plenty of other trees which will answer our purpose." Then the owl turned to Iva and all the others on to Lua, and implored help in killing the serpent, but each in turn answered as did Sefulu. Tasi, however, replied to the entreaty of the owl, and said, "Yes, I will," and grasping his felling axe, struck out at the serpent and killed it.
As they were both boarders and in the same dormitory, it was perhaps only natural they should be friends, yet it is never nice to be dropped, and Merle thought hard things of Iva. If she could have kept her feelings locked in her own breast it would not have mattered so much, but she was a true daughter of Jupiter, and, when provoked, could not refrain from shooting her arrows of bitter words.
She was looking at Iva, who shrugged her shoulders significantly. "Some people have all the luck!" remarked Sybil. "Well, it was lucky, for it was pure guessing of Clive's." "How did he know what exams you were going to have?" "Oh, he's heard us talking about them, of course." "I wish I had a cousin who could guess the questions beforehand." "We'd all get Honours on those lines."
And, oh, yes, here's Iva Payne. She's one of my most profitable patients sick all the time." Warble studied the pictures. "What expensive people," she said, "dear so dear." "Yes, great people. You'd love 'em. They're just layin' for you. Come on, Warble, will you?" "Yop," she murmured, from his coat pocket, "Sweet, so sweet." Among the rolling stock of a great railroad, a moving mass of steel.
They thought that they could overcome the true God of Judaea, as they had conquered the empty idols and false gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Iva. But Isaiah saw that they were wrong. He told his countrymen: "These Assyrian kings are strong, but there is a stronger King than they, Jehovah the Lord of all the earth.
Kitty Trefyre looks as if she might be useful." "I shall propose that you take the chair," said Iva. "Oughtn't that to be a question of age?" interrupted Muriel quickly. "It's a question of who is competent to do it. Merle's the only one of us who knows how," returned Nesta, looking Muriel squarely in the face. "Oh, all right!"
Another downpour of fate. And Warble, caught without an umbrella or rubbers. The night came unheralded. Petticoat had gone to Iva Payne's on an urgent summons over-ripe sardines and Warble had wandered out into the moonlight.
"That means Iva and Nesta, if I know anything of Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny! Now the question is who are to be the other two lucky ones?" "It ought to be somebody who could lead!" flushed Merle. "Somebody really good at games and able to organise all that rabble of kids. Some one who's been accustomed to a big school and knows what ought to be done.
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