. Two young Americans--Philip and Molly . hort,and sitting up on his tail, gave a long, loud that he trotted calmly along the narrow,zigzag path. Scarcely had they gone three yards on the road,when Jock Tertius, Justin, Rob, and Ewen cameloitering along from the lake—going home forluncheon. Immediately there was great excitement—exclamations of astonishment, eager questionsasked and answered, and personal remarks and at-tentions bestowed upon Romulus, which that per-sonage received with calm friendliness. Save for the ancient Roman, everybody talkedat once, and loudly, and sounds tr
. Two young Americans--Philip and Molly . hort,and sitting up on his tail, gave a long, loud that he trotted calmly along the narrow,zigzag path. Scarcely had they gone three yards on the road,when Jock Tertius, Justin, Rob, and Ewen cameloitering along from the lake—going home forluncheon. Immediately there was great excitement—exclamations of astonishment, eager questionsasked and answered, and personal remarks and at-tentions bestowed upon Romulus, which that per-sonage received with calm friendliness. Save for the ancient Roman, everybody talkedat once, and loudly, and sounds travel far in stillsummer air. Therefore very soon, Wren, the dig-nified, and Sam, the stableman at the Castle, ap-peared upon the scene. Then came Mrs. Sidneyand Marjorie—with a scream of fright at sight ofthe big bear, sitting up on his haunches, and Lady-bird standing close beside him. So a little crowd gathered, and escorted Rom-ulus to the Homestead yard, where the wholefamily—except poor Noel—flocked out of doorsto see So a little crowd gathered, and escorted Romulusto the Homestead yard rp TT in y\J IT \/ i n LJ j^ C- v^ TT D T ir* T T D D A D A O V KAHY F UP ON THE HILL 159 The two mothers were very much exercised overthe new acquisition. Do tie him up securely in the barn—and lockthe doors—until your father gets home, motherMoir nervously advised. And, * Shouldnt he have a chain round his neck? Hecould easily gnaw that rope—and come after us,Mrs. Sidney said anxiously. Ladybird—dontstand so near the beast! How you ever could un-dertake to fight him, Philip Sidney, I cant im-agine ! She beamed upon her son with pride.* I would ve yelled—and torn down that hill—only too thankful if I had tripped and rolled head-long to the road! The quickest way would Vesuited me best—to get away from that ferociouscreature. Oh, you neednt do any of that tomfool-ery for my benefit—as Rommy suddenly beganto jig slowly up and down before her. Im a
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