dog. Billy said it was inane, but I didn’t care, for the result was just
as good as his. You see we had no end of fun experimenting with all sorts
of things. The ranch was twenty miles from the nearest town, and I ‘got
my hand in’ at almost everything from cooking to carpentering. We even
painted the house in the most artistic style, mixing our own colors. It
was _such_ fun, ladling up little dabs of paint from a circle of cans,
and stirring up the mixture. We were trying to get a red like the cover
of my prayer book. And we did it, too. We had only one kind of wall
paper, and it required ‘treatment.’ It was a pretty bluish gray, with
scraggly daisies on it. We painted one room in olive green, floors and
woodwork, and that killed out all the blue, and gave us a gray and green
apartment. And another room, painted in dark brown, brought out the blue
and gave us a blue room.
Then the cooking was a great picnic. You see the most I’d ever done was
to stir up the ingredients of cake, according to Miss Parloa and Mrs.
Lincoln, and then—the cook baked them. What I wanted to learn was how
to get a dinner for a hungry man. Billy was a perfect saint. You can’t
imagine what blunders I made, with no one to give any help. But I’d wade
through it all again to know what I know now, and Billy says I’m a better
cook than mother.
One day we had a narrow escape from a tragedy. An accident on the
railroad had delayed our supplies a week. Meantime we had to live off
the country, and such things as we could get at ‘the store.’ Well, I
was going to have fish-balls for dinner—Billy loves them. I didn’t know
how codfish shrinks, and I put on what I thought was enough, and when
it came out of the water it had wizzled up into a little worm. However,
it made six fish-balls, and I thought we were all right, but when Billy
walked in,—brotherlike—without warning, with Mr. Adams, of Boston,—did
you know about his coming out to the ranch?—I had what Mrs. Stearns used
to call “an inward spasm.” I made a mental inventory of the contents of
the pantry while I was expressing my joy at meeting Mr. Adams—it _was_
a joy, too,—and I thought of “the woman who hesitates.” I went into the
kitchen and put those six fish-balls—they weren’t fried—back into the
bowl, and mixed them all up together. Then I made them over into nine,
just as big round, but thin to the point of emaciation. In the hen house
I found five nice fresh eggs, and I fried these, and “garnished” the
platter of fish-balls. And we had potatoes, and good bread and butter,
and coffee, and I really believe Mr. Adams thought he had a fine dinner.
He said the meal was a “taste of Boston.” We went hunting the next day,
and Billy shot a wild turkey, and that time we did have a dinner. Billy
was quite proud of my shooting. He taught me to use a rifle, and we had
fine times together. Then the evenings were delightful, sitting in front
of our great fireplace, and reading aloud; and afterwards music by the
firelight. It was just as nice after Billy married and Carrie came.
She fitted in beautifully, and they are very happy. And the twins are
darlings, the sweetest things. Really, if I begin on them I shall talk
till night, and you must be tired to death now. Let’s walk towards home.
Oh! I—I turned my foot. It’s all right now. Come along—this way—there!
Give me your hand; that’s it. I was just going to say that—
VI.
_Mrs. Arthur Selbourne’s good-night remarks._
_To Mrs. Jack Simms._—You are really growing fat, Nannie, dear. I was
sure this Colorado air would build you up. Yes, it is a lovely country,
with a charm that is all its own. Something of life will come back to you
here—if only added strength to bear its pain. Good-night, dear; sleep
well.
_To Miss Forsythe._—Yes, Dr. Ellis and Mr. Fairfax are coming to-morrow.
Nannie really seems to look forward with pleasure to meeting another of
Jack’s old friends. You know she has never met Mr. Fairfax, though she’s
heard so much about him. How much better she seems! You have been the
best tonic she could have had.
I want to caution you about one thing in regard to Mr. Fairfax.
He, of course, only knows your brother as Poindexter, and he has
m—m—m—er—associations with the name of Billy, so I wouldn’t use it before
him if I were you—that is, if you happen to remember—it isn’t important.
Good-night.
_To Mr. Selbourne._—I’m glad they’re coming by the afternoon train,
everything is so lovely in that light. And I’m satisfied about the rooms.
Men are always easy to entertain. I wish we could get that man up from
Denver, for the piano is dreadfully in need of tuning, and I do want to
have some good music while they are here. You know Nannie—Arthur, are you
asleep? _Well!_
VII.
IN THE CANON.
_Miss Forsythe and Mr. Fairfax._
_Miss Forsythe._—Yes, of course. But ever since the great baseball game
you have been one of Billy’s heroes, and—
_Mr. Fairfax._—_Billy’s?_
_Miss Forsythe._—Oh, I beg your pardon. “Poin,” I meant to say.
_Mr. Fairfax._—But why did you say “Billy”? And who is Billy? And why did
you beg my pardon?
_Miss Forsythe._—Billy is my pet name for Poin. You know he went to
Williams, and was so fond of it I called him Billy. Almost all my friends
before that were Harvard men.
_Mr. Fairfax._—But why did you beg my pardon?
_Miss Forsythe._—I—Mr. Fairfax, forgive me if I hurt you, but I can only
explain by telling you frankly that before you came, Mrs. Selbourne
cautioned me—I don’t know why—against using that name before you. She
said it held associations for you—and I thought—
_Mr. Fairfax._—You thought?
_Miss Forsythe._—That perhaps there was some one you had loved—and lost—
_Mr. Fairfax._—No; not that. I am inclined to think the associations are
with some one I have loved and found. I will tell you that story some
other day. Meantime, you were saying—?
VIII.
THE RECTORY DINING-ROOM.
Mrs. Selbourne, Mrs. Simms, Miss Forsythe, Mr. Fairfax, and Dr. Ellis,
all intently regarding a large box that has just been brought up from the
express office.
_Mrs. Selbourne._—We can’t open it until Arthur comes home, for he has
the key of the tool-closet in his pocket, and the cover is screwed on.
_Miss Forsythe._—Oh, yes, we can. _My_ screw driver is never to be found,
and I always use a kitchen knife.
_Mrs. Selbourne_ (aside, to Mr. Fairfax, as she passes him on her way
to the kitchen).—This only means that I am a mercenary woman, and take
comfort in the most incipient stages of love-making.
_Mr. Fairfax._—To me it means that you are an angel.
IX.
“SOME OTHER DAY.”
_Mr. Fairfax and Miss Forsythe._
_Mr. Fairfax._—And when I woke up you were talking about Billy and the
ranch, and I fell in love then and there with the sweetest voice and the
dearest girl in all the world.... And it _was_ our Adams, after all. He’s
abroad now with Vandewater. I suppose you’ve heard that story about Van,
and the girl he’s proposed to annually for the last six years?
_Miss Forsythe._—Yes, I’ve known him all my life.
_Mr Fairfax._—Well, _can_ you tell who the girl is?
_Miss Forsythe._—No, I can’t.
X.
IN THE CHURCH.
_The Rev. Arthur Selbourne._—Forasmuch as Robert and Polly have consented
together in holy wedlock, and have witnessed the same before God and this
company; and, thereto, have given and pledged their troth each to the
other; and have declared the same by giving and receiving a ring, and by
joining hands; I pronounce that they are man and wife in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
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