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gasp my son he said gravely i once was called on and failed i have regretted it all my life though happily the consequences were not as fatal as i had at one time apprehended if every generation did not improve on the follies and weaknesses of those that have gone before there would be no advance in the world i want yo... | 46 |
of drew her attention to him oh she exclaimed in desperation st it e ble i young give de doll to creature i she is not a creature insisted the little girl mocking her her brown eyes flashing she ed for me and i will give it to i like her oh i what shall i do madame abuse me mamma will not mind it is m doll aunt gave ... | 46 |
eyes then came a fit of and when it had passed his head after a few sank back general becomes an at a word from the doctor an attendant took the child oat of the room that evening the old doctor saw that the little girl was put to bed and that night he sat np alone with the body there were many others to relieve him bu... | 46 |
mental vision who shall know the history of two years bound the to they had carved it from the forest and had held it against the indian from there they had gone to the highest office of the state love marriage all the of life were bound up with it he talked it over with s face fell why father you will be nothing but ... | 46 |
that at a word he should lose his agent and he had use for him he had plans that were far reaching and the general could be of great service to him when the arrived everything on the place was in order they were duly met at the station and were welcomed at the house by the owner everything for their entertainment was p... | 46 |
he knew very little of the at least of the modem world once at table was wishing that they had money the engineer and the squire my son said his father quietly there are some things that gentlemen never discuss at table money is one of them such were his old fashioned views it was fortunate for his son then that there ... | 46 |
his papers i ll take him down a point or two he s always blowing about his blamed old place as if he stiu owned it he s worse than the old man who is always blowing about before the war and his grandfather and his old pictures i can buy better ancestors on for twenty dollars mr gathered up his papers and rose to his fe... | 46 |
that he didn t have any particular use for just then and it had come to him that maybe the general might be able to use it to advantage he didn t care anything about security or interest the general was perplexed he did not need it himself but he was glad to borrow enough to send gk to college for a year he sent gk up ... | 46 |
money you can make for him said one of his friends to mr well said the father i hope he wiu have as much pleasure in spending it as i have had in making it that s au he not only gave all the money he suggested a need for but he offered him large in case he should secure any of the honors he had heard of as the of the w... | 46 |
learn em a good deal or they ll learn you them boys is pretty slow at the young man intimated that he thought he was equal to it well we ll see the old fellow with something very like a twinkle in his deep eyes not as they ll do you any harm without you undertake to interfere with them he but you re pretty young to man... | 46 |
hopeless mass of found her a somewhat difficult pupil to deal with she was much more intent on making an impression on him than on in her studies after the first shyness of her intercourse with the young teacher had worn off she began for a while rather to make eyes at him which if ever dreamed of he never gave the lea... | 46 |
quietly and taking from his desk his and some he seated himself on a bench near the door and began to write letters it grew late but the young teacher did not move he wrote letter after letter it began to grow dark he simply lit the little lamp on his desk and taking up a book settled down to read and when at last he r... | 46 |
steep to where fame and glory beckoned with their radiant hands he would be known he would build bridges that should s he would be like and buy back the home of his fathers and be a great gentleman the first pay that he received made him a he had no idea before of the joy of wealth he x aid it to old there is the first... | 46 |
have left my purse at home too he said we shall have to do like the woman in the bible and sweep diligently till we find the money she lost we are a lot said with a little laugh then as she glanced into the child s big eyes that were beginning to be troubled again she paused the next second she drew a small from her wr... | 46 |
knew that the best thing to do was to lower her head and her collar as he loosened the collar the whiteness of her throat struck him almost instinctively he took the little handkerchief that lay on the pine carpet beside her and spread it over her throat reverently he lifted her limp hand gently and felt her little wri... | 46 |
if you will come to the hotel sometime to any perhaps there is t can you come to the hotel to morrow her tone was thank you said quietly i am afraid i cannot go to the village to morrow i have already been more than in being able to render a service to a lady i have a school and i make it a rule never to go anywhere ex... | 46 |
father was our minister during the at this moment the conversation was interrupted by the appearance of mrs gates with the desired kettle of hot water and the doctor stopping in the midst of his sentence devoted all of his attention to his patient the confidence which he displayed and the with which he worked impressed... | 46 |
doubtfully perhaps later i will there is no one here whom we know except mrs i have heard that the people are very interesting if you can get at them invite him first to luncheon saturday and see how he is it is doubtless just as well that none of us has the magic mirror which we used to read of in our childhood which ... | 46 |
turned out to be less serious than had been expected she herself had proved a much less patient than her mother had ever known her me s it does not take two young people of opposite sexes long to overcome the which has fixed among their especially when one of them has brought the other down a mountain side in his arms ... | 46 |
could she was climbing up the high rock as as if she were a boy he called to her to stop but she took no heed he began to entreat her but she made no answer he was in terror lest she might fall and sprang after her to catch her but np up she climbed with as steady a foot and as sure an eye as he could have shown himsel... | 46 |
old pictures and all that was his old home old mr since he lost it has been farming it for mr think of that i just so said mrs he it they are all your father began life poor but he was practical and he had the ability to succeed s face softened dear old she said i must write to him even as she thought of him she could ... | 46 |
whom your daughter is interested isn t he yes he appears so well read he brought your daughter down the mountain the day her horse ran off with her so romantic to make an acquaintance that i quite envy you there is so little real romance these days i it is to find it she sighed and mrs thought of daniel and his little ... | 46 |
as that bird knows the flowers where the honey lies where do you expect to find this as if in answer the humming bird suddenly caught sight of the red rose in her dress and darting to it thrust its deep into the crimson heart of the flower they both gave an exclamation of delighted wonder i have found her he said firml... | 46 |
took her breath away and before she knew it he had with the blood coming and going in his cheeks declared his love for her daughter and asked her permission to pay her his addresses after the first or two he had lost his embarrassment and was speaking in a straightforward manly way the color had come rushing back into ... | 46 |
known him it is said that a broken heart is a most valuable possession for a young man perhaps it was so to the rest of the dragged wearily for him but he worked like fury he would succeed he would rise he would show mrs who he was mrs having reached home began at once to lead her daughter back to what she esteemed a w... | 46 |
would close on a certain day the scholars always dropped off as summer came to work in the crops and the attendance of late had been slim this last day he hardly expected to have half a dozen pupils to his surprise the school house was filled even who had been off in the mountains for some little time getting out timbe... | 46 |
strong and that the world was before him he wished to bury himself from observation until he should secure the success with which he would burst forth on an astonished world mrs and capture his first intention had been to go to the far west but on consideration he abandoned the idea were already abroad that in the grea... | 46 |
forget him the invitation of a sovereign is equivalent to a command the world over and was as much the queen of as her victoria was queen of england or of any other country in her wide realm she was more she was absolute she could have had any one of a half dozen men cut the throat of any other man in at her bidding th... | 46 |
a double load on him no matter what he is tim strolled out and though did not know it for some time he put in a word for him in one or two places which stood him in good stead afterwards the following day a stranger came up to he was a thin man between youth and middle age with a long face and a deep voice and light ha... | 46 |
stove two or three of the men after a civil enough greeting themselves into a more comfortable posture in their chairs and it was singular though did not recall it until afterwards that each of them showed by the movement a pistol on his right hip after a general greeting which in form was nearer akin to an eternal tha... | 46 |
be himself he stuck a pistol in his pocket and walked out the next morning with very much the same feeling he supposed he should have if he had been going to battle he was ashamed to find himself much relieved when some one he met volunteered the information that had left town by light that morning couldn t stand the w... | 46 |
shall have some more work for you i the agent when he went back to the north was as good as his word he told his people that there was one man in who would do their work promptly and he s straight he said he says he is from the south but he is a new issue he further reported that old the who owned the land in the gap e... | 46 |
had taken the train somewhere near philadelphia she was travelling quite alone and appeared to be much by her bags and the sight of an old woman like that of a little girl always softened s heart something always awoke in him that made him feel tender when first observed this old lady the entire company was streaming a... | 46 |
i shall j shut my eyes and trust to providence your friends will meet you there i suppose i wrote them two weeks ago that i should be there today and then my cousin wrote me to let her know the train and i replied telling her what train i expected to take i would never have come if i had imagined we were going to have ... | 46 |
say with truth that all the world was his parish at least all were his who were and desolate the was an old fashioned substantial house rusty with age and worn by the stream of poverty that had flowed in and out for many years when mounted the steps the door was opened by some one without waiting for him to ring the be... | 46 |
always and in a moment in response to a question from her he was giving quite frankly his impression of the big city of its its movement its rush that up the nerves like the sweep of a swift torrent it almost takes my breath away he said i feel as if i on the brink of a torrent and had an irresistible desire to jump in... | 46 |
appear just then it was mrs s day and to call on mrs was in some sort the of good society many it was true called there who were not in society at all serene and self contained old who held themselves above the newly rich who were beginning to crowd the avenues and force their way with a golden and many who lived in ... | 46 |
at mrs s do you call that charming what did you think of the dinner t asked mrs he laughed and with a glance around lowered his voice well the champagne was after the first round didn t you notice that you didn t notice it oh you are too amiable to admit it i am sure you noticed it for no one in town has such champagne... | 46 |
lightly they au get over it it s a quick fever it doesn t last mamma how many have there been you know better isn t he always sending you books and things t he is not like those others what would mr say oh mr i he has no right to say anything the girl her face a little mr will say anything i want him to say she added a... | 46 |
the picture to be impressed forever in s mind her eyes were sparkling and her lips parted with a smile of pleased surprise how do you do f she came forward with outstretched arm and a cordial greeting mrs could not repress a mother s pride at seeing the impression that her daughter s appearance had made the expression ... | 46 |
might affect after a glance at the girl s face the latter men have no sense at all she said to herself had she it the speech made the girl feel more kindly toward her older admirer than she had ver done before in new s face was with tenderness as it always was at any mention of his father he stepped forward may i shak... | 46 |
looked so insolent as he sat back with half closed eyes and his silken black moustache that his father lost his temper i know nothing about your affairs of one kind he burst out angrily and i do not wish to know but i want to tell you that i think you are making an ass of yourself to be hanging around that woman having... | 46 |
have attended to the business but he preferred to come himself possibly she could guess the reason he the hold looked handsome and sincere enough as he over and gazed in her face to have a wiser person than she of course had not the least idea then he must tell her to do this he found it necessary to sit on the sofa cl... | 46 |
feeling of embarrassment which was not diminished by the fact that his old pupil was also going over as well as was now living at was in all the splendor of a black coat and a gilded watch chain for he had been down to the ridge to see miss it had been a misty day and toward evening the mist had changed into a said to ... | 46 |
over in a special wagon it s only the mail and small that come on this stage but if they should t demanded well i suppose i d whip up my horses and cut for it said i wouldn t asserted i d like to see any man make me run when i have a gun in my x suddenly as if in answer to his boast there was a flash in the road and th... | 46 |
a large bundle under her arm and that night the stage stopped in the darkness at a little at the far end of the fast growing street and descended painfully and went into the house whilst the stage waited old tim attempted to do something to the lamp on that side and in turning it down he put it out just then with his a... | 46 |
himself on his feet you can t dance any more than a cow he had never heard before the hum of an angry crowd throw him out fling him out of the window were the words he caught in a second a score of men were about him and more than a score were rushing in his direction with a sound that brought him quickly to his senses... | 46 |
for a young woman to have too much prospects i m goin to sell that land and it down in cash where i can do what i want with it and i want you to take charge of it for me this then was the real object of his visit he wanted to take charge of his properties it was a tempting offer to make the old man had been a shrewd th... | 46 |
day she had at last accepted him and an establishment she had accepted her fate or had made it she showed the letter to her mother mrs s face took on an inscrutable expression you are not going to answer it of course she said of course i am i am going to write him the letter that i know how to write he is one of the be... | 46 |
had lost this he would do he would win life s highest honors he grew grim with resolve something of this triumphant feeling showed in his mien and in his face as he plunged into the crowded life of the city from the time he passed into the throng that streamed up the long of the station and poured into the wide boats l... | 46 |
you have i suppose said the banker looking again at quickly yes the lands i have though you don t believe it said looking him calmly in the eyes the banker was gazing at the young man but as he observed him his began to give way that stamp of truth which men recognize was written on him mr s mind worked quickly by the ... | 46 |
even between her and such a young woman as mrs who lived only for show and extravagance and appeared in danger of her husband and his happiness it was mrs who descended from her carriage as passed by just as she was about to enter the shop a well knit figure with square shoulders and step swinging down the street caugh... | 46 |
breathless and with an expression of mingled happiness and pain in her blue eyes knew well why the longing look was there and though usually cold and she always softened to then more than she was wont to do visits new york pines for children she said to who pinched her cheek and like a man told her she thought every on... | 46 |
beautiful voice he made you live in arthur s court because he lived there himself mrs burst into laughter but it was not very merry my dear you must have been romantic how old were you did you it was three years before i was married said mrs firmly her friend gazed at her with a puzzled expression on her face oh i now ... | 46 |
warmth sincerity and the beautiful room suddenly became a home mrs appeared somewhat shocked at his appearance well you are a sight just look at your i that he laughed feeling at his throat and trying to the crooked tie what will mr think meets thinks all right is one of the men i don t have to to but if i do he turne... | 46 |
than she ever was she is one of the married beauties you know her eyes swept s face she was one of the sweetest girls i ever knew said moved for some reason to add this tribute well i don t know that every one would call her that indeed i am not quite sure that i should call her that myself always but she can be sweet ... | 46 |
that out i don t see any money in it it is strange that doesn t see money in this said mr with a twinkle in his eye for he usually sees money in everything i guess there were other reasons than want of progress for the not paying a few days later informed that the money was nearly all but did not know until afterwards ... | 46 |
you doing where are you staying how long are you going to be in town demanded mrs turning to at the only a day or two said laughing gold no not yet where down south at a place called new it s near the place where i used to teach it s a great city why we think new york is jealous of us oh i know about a friend of mine... | 46 |
know that dancing was one of your accomplishments she said as they strolled along maybe i have acquired several accomplishments that you do not know of it has been a long time since you knew me he answered lightly as they turned his eyes fell on he was standing where they had left him his eyes fastened on them as looke... | 46 |
the man talking very earnestly to his companion who was listening is that her husband well no that is not i believe no i ll be bound it is not you never saw a married man talking to his wife in public in that unless they were talking about the last month s bills why it is perfectly brazen laughed where is her husband s... | 46 |
the somewhere well knows his business said mr with a nod of genuine admiration uttered an and turned back into the house next day mr caught in a group of young men at the club and told them the story look out for he said he gave me a lesson growled an reply who was the tries to capture so many what you say gives us no ... | 46 |
friends and their position was thinking of going abroad soon to visit some friends on the other side of a very distinguished family she told when left the house that night knew that he had recovered chapter xix and returned home and soon found himself a much bigger man in new than when he went away the mine opened on t... | 46 |
lit his ce showed that he was with information our coal showed him the he is over our i do not know just where but in here somewhere the old fellow put on his spectacles and looked long and he says he owns it all that he ll have us for pardon t for the old squire gave a chuckle of he is in and about there he pointed wi... | 46 |
knows it oh he does does he then you told him asserted furiously this was more than the could bear he had already stood much and his face might have warned suddenly it he took one step forward a long one and his and hairy fist under the young man s nose you lie i and you you know you lie fm a law abiding god fearing ma... | 46 |
new first last and all the time you must think you are new ed laughed i ve got nothing against him particularly though he s injured me deeply hasn t he thrown all the men out of work i he pushed the bottle over toward the other and he poured out another drink and tossed it off you needn t be so easy about him he s been... | 46 |
on the subject if he would mr had been away from new for several days about the time of s departure he did that s dirty work for him that is what he didn t do for himself declared the young woman s statement was that he had been off on private business and had met with an accident the nature of this accident was eviden... | 46 |
me back she said weeping this was the subject of his conversation now with his agent and he was making up his mind what to do aided by more or less frequent to the which stood between them what she says is true declared his courage stimulated by his liberal you won t be able to go back down there any more there are a h... | 46 |
always was the most becoming thing to her that i ever saw don t you remember those effects she used to produce with black and just a dash of well she wears black so deep you might think it was poor mr s pall but i have observed that whenever i have seen her there is always something red very close at hand she either si... | 46 |
going to see said preparing to descend my brother s down there and i ll go said a young light haired fellow with a pale face he belonged to the night shift i ain t got any family said a small man he had a thin black band on the sleeve of his rusty brown coat several others now came forward amid mingled and encouragemen... | 46 |
him on his shoulder and they on through the blackness the water was now almost up to his chin and he grew so tired under his burden that he began to think they should never get out but he fought against it and kept on himself against the he knew that if he went down it was the end many thoughts came to him of the past ... | 46 |
an awed silence as and were brought out and were laid limp and unconscious on a blanket which had snatched from a man in the front of the others many women pressed forward to offer assistance but the girl waved them back a doctor she cried and reaching for a brandy bottle she pressed it first to s lips turning to the p... | 46 |
mingled shyness and boldness which was characteristic of her offered her a chair and began to thank her for having saved his life well i am always becoming indebted to you anew for saving my i didn t come for that declared the girl i didn t save your life i just went down to do what i could to help you you know how tha... | 46 |
him but urged him to keep cool and not mind too much what might be said to him i told you once you remember that men are very unreasonable when they are losing he gloomily told him of old s offer you may need it said when and arrived at the office of the company they found the inner office closed being a entered at onc... | 46 |
of them pushed them back they did not know what might happen was the of controlled passion mr seemed to shrink up within himself broke the silence i do not wonder that mr should feel he said with feeling i have held off from taking part in this interview up to the present because i promised to do so and because i felt ... | 46 |
broke into a laugh as he read her delight in the speech don t you think i am competent to attend to my own affairs even if is the soft and creature you would make i am glad you did not feel it necessary to caution me about her husband his eyes gave a flash mrs hastened to put herself that is on the side of the one pres... | 46 |
of returning to new he found new york quite interesting enough for him about this time the breach between and his wife had grown of late gk divided the honors between them and some said it was on s account others declared that it was mrs who had come between them yet others said it was a matter of that had become tired... | 46 |
and from the of the hour fancied her a shop girl on her way home or possibly a music teacher stirred by the glimpse of the refined face and even more by the carriage of the little head under the dainty hat quickened his pace to obtain another glance at her he had almost overtaken her when she stopped in front of a well... | 46 |
see they don t carry off each other it is the new ones that puzzle us for a while he added now there is a lady acting very mysteriously over there his eye swept over the room and then visited in that casual way it had some one in the corner across the room i don t just seem to make her out she looks all t followed the ... | 46 |
showed him a head of beautiful brown hair done up in a knot just above the of a little neck and you have the she dropped her eyes before his which were looking right into though not until she had given a little flash from them perhaps to establish their identity and you used to say i was your did i this was very said... | 46 |
the cowardly scoundrel he turned and at at the sound took a step toward the front and forward swept the audience with her flashing eyes put that man out a of astonishment and laughter greeted her outbreak you fools she turned to the play that again and play it right or fu your necks she began to dance again and soon da... | 46 |
changed the whole entertainment for the whole almost his whole outlook on life he had not felt this way for not since had darkened life for him could love be for him again t the dial appeared to have turned back for him he felt younger more hopeful he walked out into the street and tried to look up at the stars the hou... | 46 |
changed she would show him that she was not a mere country to be treated as he had treated her his friend indeed when to his surprise received no reply to his letter he wrote again more asking if his former letter had been received but this shared the fate of the first meantime had gone off to visit a friend her mind w... | 46 |
out at the last moment as he had given his word he kept it he wrote his son that he must not undertake to meet him as he could not tell by what train he should arrive i shall travel slowly he said for i wish to call by and see one or two old friends on my way whom i have not seen for years the fact was that he wished t... | 46 |
not know about the instance why i thought you had more said the old gentleman she is the sweetest creature i have seen in a long time she has both sense and sensibility if i were forty years younger i should not be suggesting her to you sir i should be on my knees to her for myself and the old fellow his coat straighte... | 46 |
without hesitation she would not hear of it curiously enough suddenly appeared violently anxious to go but following the suggestion came an invitation from s mother asking miss to pay her a long general visits strange lands visit she needed her she said and she asked as a favor that she would let accept her daughter in... | 46 |
held a little back good by miss he said one moment but she opened the door and passed out walked down the street in a sort of chapter xxiv his fortunes in another land in fact s mrs s statement to had some though very little mrs had gone abroad and had followed her on his arrival in england found somewhat changed at le... | 46 |
held it a half dozen men sprang forward to pick it up but was ahead of he took it up and with his eyes looking straight into hers handed it to her it is your emblem it is what i always think of you as being the tone was too low for any one else to hear but her mounting color and the light in her eyes told that she caug... | 46 |
he was gone now tell me all about everything said i want to hear everything that has happened since i came came into exile i know about the property and the town that has grown up just as i knew it would tell me about the old squire and and and and his wife told him about them he said as he ended you started it and you... | 46 |
england had reached home as soon as he had his friends congratulated him and his acquaintances greeted him with a warmth that a few years before would have cheered his heart and have made him their friend for life mrs when she met him almost fell on his neck she actually called him her dear boy oh i have been hearing a... | 46 |
years old she said isn t it dreadful is much older than that said ah sir i have a mirror but her eyes filled with a pleasant light as said then it will what needs no proof she knew it was flattery but she enjoyed it and now you will come t i want you to come she looked at him with a soft glow in her face yes on your in... | 46 |
word with the servant that i would see you if you called she gave him a swift little glance to see how he took her charge i did nothing of the kind i will admit that i should know where you are by instinct as sir john knew the prince but i did not expect you to insist on my doing so how was i to know you were in the ci... | 46 |
a young and girl no mr is not like other men he does not have to wait and see what others think and say before he forms an opinion i am so tired of hearing people say what they think others think even mr at church says what he thinks his congregation just as when he meets them he them and tells them what dear ladies th... | 46 |
even in new york besides the small hunting money loving that one meets at the so called swell houses if those you and i know were all new york would be a very insignificant place the brains and the character and the heart the makers and leaders are not found at the dinners and balls we are honored with invitations to b... | 46 |
be disappointed there are some people to whose minds the distribution of scandal is as great a delight as the sweetest morsel is to the tongue besides there was one person who had a reason for spreading the report had returned and was doing his best to give it circulation received in his mail one morning a thin letter ... | 46 |
one or the other if i do that i don t much what they do with me but i reckon some of em would take the side of a woman what s been treated so well i ll go on an wait for him how do you find this here he took out a piece of paper and carefully a misunderstanding sc his read a number it was the of s office began to argue... | 46 |
now returned to him his disappointment had him away from me woman what are you to me he demanded roughly she still clung to him using her poor but the squire was angry he pushed her off go away from me i say what do you want you ought to be ashamed of yourself you don t know who i am i am a in the church a of and i hav... | 46 |
treat me so but she was rich and so beautiful what was if she gave an expressive gesture of self poor fool i said to himself poor girl he said aloud i have written but maybe he never got my letter he would not have let me suffer so s mouth shut closer she went on to tell of s leaving her of her hopes that after her chi... | 46 |
meeting with her and her disappearance again he did not mention for he felt that until he had the proof of his marriage he had no right to do so why i remember that old man mr said it was where my father stayed for a while her voice was full of tenderness yes it is his i remember her kindness to me we must find her i w... | 46 |
it and lets me out i will make no more promises but you did began mr put the letter in his pocket and taking up his hat walked out without a word but his eyes with a curious light chapter finds mr was calling at mrs s a few days after his interview with and the day following the interview with mr called at mrs s quite ... | 46 |
his companion and her at any cost that is one of the spectacles i ever saw he began to this mrs vouchsafed no reply she is quite mad no wonder ah yes what do you think of her that she is s or ought to be ah yes here was a gleam of light but she is so insane that very little reliance should be placed on anything that sh... | 46 |
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