Hence a coolness had arisenbetween the two
families.
Henry, Norman, and Arthur filed into the
diningroom.
The olderman would not have dropped the hay.
Listen, she said as they went to the road. A grimy young fellow from town stood on
the flag-stone. The atmosphere was not what Fred Sately had hopedfor.
The stranger raised his cap, leaned over, and
spoke. Elliot act as chairman, some one grumbled.
And, drawing her close, Gladys, I know it is a
sin.
Suddaby occupied with exaggerated gestures of
deference.
Get thisexcitement done with as soon as you can!
Noiselessly a young lady entered, slipped behind Fred Satelyschair, and whispered to
him. I have a crop, her father replied briefly.
The conversation broke upinto smaller
groups.
His children were growing beyond his control. Just
as,having once located on a piece of land, he would never sell it. Arthur, she said
to her youngest brother, I want you for once tobehave and not to be
greedy.
A far-away look came into the others eyes,
obliterating the smile.
John Elliot repeated with a touch of contempt.
Ormond was seen to stride over and to greet himpleasantly.
Yet John Elliot had scruples about giving such
help.
Macdonnell, the short, asthmatic banker, moved to
his side,reaching for paper, pen and ink.
He had been disking his summer-fallow on
thepreemption, east of the homestead.
Elliot act as chairman, some one grumbled. They
arranged themselves into two groups, the three girls in one,the men and the boys in
the other. He and Cathleen are to be married before the endof the month of
August.
He rose with a frown; but it was
toolate.
That laughter enlightened the rest; and, John
Elliot senior joiningin it, it became general.
In thestrains of the hymn doubt seemed to dissolve;
and certainty seemedto descend from above. Yes, his father said quickly, the
blacksmiths son. Taste, she said, having smelt thecontents. Frank was of medium
height, slender, though wiry. There will betwo weddings from this house in fall, she
said. Sounds, Pete said, as if you were hiring out for wages.
Henriettas look was charged to
annihilate.
That served as a pretext for having a lookat Miss
Flaws. Yet John Elliot had scruples about giving such help.