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All day long she was busy dusting and tidying, till Mrs. St. Clare said it made her tired to see cousin Ophelia so busy. CHAPTER XIV TOPSY One morning, while Miss Ophelia was busy, as usual, she heard Mr. St. Clare calling her from the foot of the stairs. Come down here, cousin. I have something to show you. What is it said Miss Ophelia, coming down with her sewing in her hand. I have bought something for you. See here, he said, pulling forward a little negro girl of about eight or nine years old. She was quite black. Her round, shining eyes glittered like glass beads. Her wooly hair was plaited into little tails which stuck out in all directions. Her clothes were dirty and ragged. Miss Ophelia thought she had never seen such a dreadful little girl in all her life. Cousin, what in the world have you brought that thing here for she asked, in dismay. For you to teach, to be sure, and train in the way she should go, said Mr. St. Clare, laughing. Topsy, he went on, this is your new mistress. See, now, that you behave yourself. Yes, mas r, said Topsy gravely, but her eyes had a wicked twinkle in them. You re going to be good, Topsy, you understand said Mr. St. Clare. Oh yes, mas r said Topsy again, meekly folding her hands, but with another twinkle in her eyes. Now cousin, what is this for Your house is full of these little plagues as it is. I get up in the morning and find one asleep behind the door see one black head poking out from under the table another lying on personalised chelsea football shirts the mat. vintage liverpool shirts They tumble over the kitchen floor, so that a body can t put their foot down without treading on them. What on earth did you want to bring this one for For you to teach, didn t I t.eap we might buy one. I ve got seventy four cents saved up how much have you Fifty three, Clara Belle responded, in a depressing tone and anyway there are no stores nearer than Milltown. We d have to buy it secretly, for I wouldn t make father angry, or shame his pride, now he s got steady work and mother would know I had spent all my savings. Rebecca looked nonplussed. I declare, she said, I think the Acreville people must be perfectly horrid not to call on your mother only because she hasn t got any jewelry. You wouldn t dare tell your father what Miss Dearborn heard, so he d save up and buy the ring No I certainly would not and Clara Belle s lips closed tightly and decisively. Rebecca sat quietly for a few moments, then she exclaimed jubilantly I know where we could get it From Mr. Aladdin, and then I needn t tell him who it s for He s coming to stay over tomorrow with his aunt, and I ll ask him to buy a ring for us in Boston. I won t explain anything, you know I ll just say I need a wedding ring. That would be perfectly lovely, replied Clara Belle, a look of hope dawning in her eyes and we can think afterwards how to get it over to mother. Perhaps you could send it to father instead, but I wouldn t dare to do it myself. You won t tell anybody, Rebecca Cross my heart Rebecca exclaimed dramatically and then with a reproachful look, you know I couldn t repeat a sacred secret like that Shall we meet next Saturday afternoon, and I tell you what s happened Why, Clara Belle, isn t that Mr. Ladd watering his horse at the foot of the hill this very minute It is and he s driven up from Milltown stead of coming on the train from Boston to Edgewood. He s all alone, and I can ride home with him and ask him about the ring right away Clara Belle kissed Rebecca fervently, and started on her homeward walk, while Rebecca waited at the top of the long hill, fluttering her handkerchief as a signal. Mr. Aladdin Mr. Aladdin she cried, as the horse and wagon came nearer. Adam Ladd drew up quickly at the sound of the eager young voice. 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If t was sixteen to one we d be all the safer, responded Miranda grimly, putting the doughnuts in a brown crock in the cellar way and slamming the door. chapter 2 The Perkins horse and wagon rumbled along over the dusty country road, and after a discreet silence, maintained as long as human flesh could endure, Rebecca remarked sedately It s a sad errand for such a shiny morning, isn t it, Mr. Perkins Plenty o trouble in the world, Rebecky, shiny mornin s an all, that good man replied. If you want a bed to lay on, a roof over your head, an food to eat, you ve got to work for em. If I hadn t a labored early an late, learned my trade, an denied myself when I was young, I might a be n a pauper layin sick in a loggin cabin, stead o bein an overseer o the poor an selectman drivin along to take the pauper to the poor farm. People that are mortgaged don t have to go to the poor farm, do they, Mr. Perkins asked Rebecca, with a shiver of fear as she remembered her home farm at Sunnybrook and the debt upon it a debt which had lain like a shadow over her childhood. Bless your soul, no not unless they fail to pay up but Sal Perry an her husband hadn t got fur enough along in life to BE cheap england football shirt mortgaged. You have to own something before you can mortgage it. Rebecca s heart bounded as she learned that a mortgage represented a certain stage in worldly prosperity. Well, she said, sniffing in the fragrance of the new mown hay and growing hopeful as she did so maybe the sick woman will be better such a beautiful day, and maybe the husband will come back to arsenal emirates shirts make it up and say he s sorry, and sweet content will reign in the humble habitation that was once the scene of poverty, grief, and despair. That s how it came out in a story I m reading. I hain t noticed that life comes out like stories very much, responded the pessimistic blacksmith, who, as Rebecca privately thought, had read less than half a dozen books in his long and prosperous career. A drive of three or four miles brought the arsenal emirates shirts party to a patch of woodland where many of the tall pines had been hewn the previous winter. The roof of a ramshackle hut was outlined against a background of young birches, and a rough path made in hauling the logs to the main road led directly to its door. As they drew near the figure of a woman approached Mrs. Lizy Ann Dennett, in a gingham dress, with a calico apron over her head. Good morning, Mr. Perkins, said the woman, who looked tired and irritable. I m real gl.home made flag flying in the breeze, and it will mean all the more to the young voters growing up, to remember that their mothers made it with their own hands. 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The boys, as future voters and fighters, demanded an active share in the proceedings, and were organized by Squire Bean into a fife and drum corps, so that by day and night martial but most inharmonious music woke the echoes, and deafened mothers felt their patriotism oozing out at the soles arsenal retro football shirts of their shoes. Dick Carter was made captain, for his grandfather had a gold medal given him by Queen Victoria for arsenal emirates shirts rescuing three hundred and twenty six passengers from a sinking British vessel. Riverboro thought it high time to pay some graceful tribute to Great Britain in return for her handsome conduct to Captain Nahum Carter, and human imagination could contrive nothing more impressive than a vicarious share in the flag raising. Living Perkins tried to be happy in the ranks, for he was offered no official position, principally, Mrs. Smellie observed, because his father s war record wa nt clean. 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A DREAM The week is almost up and very soon Dr. Moses will drive up to the school house like Elijah in the chariot and come in to hear us read. There is a good deal of sickness among us. Some of the boys are not able to come to school just now, but hope to be about again by Monday, when Dr. Moses goes away to a convention. It is a very hard composition to write, somehow. Last night I dreamed that the river was ink and I kept dipping into it and writing with a penstalk made of a young pine tree. I sliced great slabs of marble off the side of one of the White Mountains, the one you see when going to meeting, and wrote on those. Then I threw them all into the falls, not being good enough for Dr. Moses. Dick Carter had a splendid boy to stay over Sunday. He m.n the sun shines through him, without thinking how lovely he would be if stuffed and set on wheels, with a little string to drag him about. 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