Journeys through Bookland - a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922) (14757550046)

Identifier: journeysthroughb06sylv (find matches)
Title: Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Sylvester, Charles Herbert
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: Chicago : Bellows-Reeve
Contributing Library: Internet Archive
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rue, but thenit was a part of my nature—a point of my faith. In Kate, however, I had a firm friend, and Iknew it. She was a good girl, and told me verysweetly that I might have her (plum and all) when-ever I could badger my granduncle, Rumgudgeon,into the necessary consent. Poor girl! she wasbarely fifteen, and without this consent her littleamount in the funds was not come-at-able until fiveimmeasurable summers had dragged their slowlength along. What then to do? In vain webesieged the old gentleman with importunities. Itwould have stirred the indignation of Job himselfto see how much like an old mouser he behaved tous two little mice. In his heart he wished for nothingmore ardently than our union. He had made uphis mind to this all along. In fact he would havegiven ten thousand pounds from his own pocket(Kates plum was her otcn) if he could have inventedanything like an excuse for complying with our verj^natural wishes. But then we had been so imprudent 458 Three Sundays in a Week
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in KATE, HOWEVER, I HAD A FIRM FRIEND Three Sundays in a Week 459 as to broach the mutter ourselves. Not to oppose itunder the circiiiiistanees, 1 sincerely believe, wasnot in his power. My granduncle was, after his own fashion, a manof his word, no doubt. The spirit of his vows he madeno scruple of setting at naught, l)ut the letter was abond inviolable. Now it was this peculiarity in hisdisposition of which Kates ingenuity enabled us onefine day, not long after our interview in the drawing-room, to take a very unexpected advantage. It happened then—so the Fates ordered it—that among the naval acquaintances of my betrothedwere two gentlemen who had just set foot upon theshores of England, after a years absence, each, inforeign travel. In company with these gentlemen,Kate and I, preconcertedly, paid uncle Ilumgudg-eon a visit on the afternoon of Sunday, October thetenth—just three weeks after the memorable deci-sion which had so cruelly defeated our hopes. Forabout half an hour