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The mother suffered, but the wife sewed, and when Rosemont had got well into its season's work and November was nearly gone, John was ready for "college." One morning, when the wind was bitter and the ground frozen, father and son rode side by side down their mountain road. A thin mantle of snow made the woods gray, and mottled the shivering ranks of dry cornstalks.
Oh, for power to hasten to-morrow's morning, that he might call to him again that menial band down in the yard, speak to them kindly, even of Cornelius's fault, bid them not blame the outcast resentfully, and assure them that never while love remained stronger in them than pride, need they shake the light dust of Rosemont from their poor shambling feet.
The girls had to wait longer to have the weight removed from their minds, but they, too, passed their examinations well enough to earn special congratulation from the principals of their respective schools. The graduation exercises of the Rosemont graded schools were held in the hall of the high school and all the schools were represented there.
Preferably some innocent victim of unjust suspicion; somebody who could best clear himself by unmasking the real villain.... For "villain," Rand mentally substituted "public benefactor." He was running over a list of possible suspects as he entered Rosemont.
"She's quite European in her way, isn't she, Barb?" The daughter was mute, for she had from time to time noticed several women shake hands with her large-hearted father thus. Twice a week Barbara spent an afternoon and night at Rosemont. Whether her father really thought its atmosphere desirable for her or not, she desired it, without ceasing and most hungrily.
What was Garnet doing or promising, that Leggett should thus single out Rosemont for subsidies? And who was this in the letter's closing line certainly not Garnet who would "buy both fists full" of stock as soon as the bill should pass? He stepped out and walked along the windy street immersed in thought. "John!" General Halliday beckoned to him.
"Pra-aise Gawd!" murmured Parson Tombs, "no sinneh eveh done that in va-ain!" "O John," moaned Garnet, "God only knows what I've suffered and must suffer! But it's all right! all right! I pray He may lop off every unfruitful branch of my life honors, possessions till nothing is left but Rosemont, the lowly work He called me to, Himself! Let Him make me as one of his hired servants!
Rosemont, to me, must always signify Rose Montgomery. It is to her presence her spell you would expose my child; she, who has hated me all her life. Ah! no, it's too late now to draw back, he shall go. Yes, without my consent! Oh! my consent! Judge March, you're jesting again!" She lifted upon him the smile of a heart really all but broken under its imaginary wrongs. There was no drawing back.
Was sixteen she said; had black eyes the dilating kind was pretty, and seductively subtle. Jeff-Jack liked her much. They met at Rosemont, where he found her spending two or three days, on perfect terms with Barbara, and treated with noticeable gravity, though with full kindness, by Mrs. Garnet, whom she called, warmly, "Cousin Rose."
The child still stared at Jeff-Jack. "Mighty handsome boy, Brother March stuff for a good soldier got a little sweetheart at my house for you, sonnie-boy! Rosemont College and Widewood lands wouldn't go bad together, Brother March, ha, ha, ha! Your son has his mother's favor, but with something of yours, too, sir." Judge March stroked the tiny, bare foot.
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