Repeatedlyshe threw Cathleen an encouraging look;
but Cathleen bided hertime. That moment a knock sounded at the kitchen
door.
There he was farming, with forty-five acres
broken.
They arranged themselves into two groups, the three
girls in one,the men and the boys in the other.
A few minutes after Henriettas return, Isabel burst
into thekitchen and stood arrested. Well, Henrietta said encouragingly, at least I
am never going tocome to you begging for money. But rebuffsmerely sharpened his
appetite. Nobody else had stirred as yet in thehouse.
Sure, he said as if he were acting a comedy. I dont
think, the quick answer came, I am qualified for thatposition. Herskin had the fine,
fragrant smoothness of thin-blooded youth.
I must congratulate you, Cathleen said with a voice
which soundedartificially indifferent.
It may be a few minutes; it may be an hour, Pete
said to thedriver. Henry, Norman, and Arthur filed into the diningroom.
Kenneth Harvey whispered where he and Isabel
werehidden in the weeds.
Kenneth Harvey whispered where he and Isabel
werehidden in the weeds.
On top of the hill a slim figure appeared, spying
curiously downinto the hollow. Sixyears ago I homesteaded with seventeen cents in my
pocket; and theywere borrowed.
She had thick tressesof black hair, neatly arranged
on her small and delicate head.
Arthur, horror in his eye, followed the platters on
their circuit. There was friction, unexpressed, between the twoabout such
trifles.
They crawled allover and under the car and asked
all kinds of questions.
In the bevy ofrustic belles she had struck him by
her air of exotic refinement.
Then the meat was passed, relieving the tension. I
dont know whether this gentleman is knownto the company? Tickle the soil with a
plow; and it smiles with acrop.
You may think itwould have been nicer if I had sunk
into your arms. That moment a knock sounded at the kitchen door. Without a further
word John Elliot returned downstairs.
If you wont have me, I mustask another woman. Miss
Lillian Flaws was the stenographer in the real-estate officeof Mr. Comprehension
burst upon Henrietta; much as she tried to disguiseit, its effect was obvious. Its a
poor family that cant afford one gentleman. Sounds, Pete said, as if you were hiring
out for wages.
Its a poor family that cant afford one
gentleman.
Ostensibly he was chasing his cattle;for he
professed to be a rancher, not a farmer. That moment a knock sounded at the kitchen
door. She had sat down and written her answer,declining.