The Black Creek Stopping-House, and Other Stories

d Randolph with the unnecessary injunction to "stow it in his hold," the lion's mouth was effectively closed. When he had finished the last crumb Reginald told h

pieces of canvas and a sail needle, and performed the many little odd jobs which by all accepted rules of eth

last with apparent irrelevance. But there was

d urged them so strongly to go to Canada that they could not, under the circumstances, do otherwise. Aunt Patience Brydon shared the delusion that is so blissfully prevalent among parents and guardians of wayward youth in E

g little white-haired lady, had, it

ed soothingly. "She can't hold out much longer-yo

way for 'er, she'll go and leave it all to some Old Cats' 'Ome or Old Hens' Roost, or some other beastly charity. I don't trust '

Reginald declared, holding fi

ing better. Then the twins lost hope entirely and decided to treat Aunt Patie

likes," Reginald declared, "i

ss of woman they turned to another quarter for help,

one day when he was sitting on t

farm pupil? He's got some money-they say he married

ther!" said Reginald,

clared Randolph, generously, "I'll tr

ged his should

sus?" asked Reginal

id, magnanimously. "We'll b

me. Under the glow of this new project they felt they could h

om the livin' than the dead, anyway," Reginald sai

ask it back, just the s

"that I'd just as soon take 'elp from the livin'

life, the abundance of game, and the view! They made a great deal of the view, and certainly there was nothing to obstruct it, for the prairie lay a dead level for ten mi

productions in their way, written with ease and eloqu

ed he would, and the twins were greatly

ged her father by marrying against his wishes. So the proposal from Randolph and Reginald that they come West and take the homestead near them

ght beside their own. Fred sent enough money to have a frame building put up but the twins decided that logs were more romantic and cheaper. It was a remarkable structure when they were through with it,

part against their own irregularly that the

hay; to buy oxen. Indeed, so many kindly offices did they agree to perfor

neighbors, and the probable outcome of it all was often a