. Bret Harte's choice bits [electronic resource]. ght was not asbeautiful; Ridgeway, that the long ride had bluntedhis perceptions. But they had the frankness toconfess it to each other, with the rare delight ofsuch a confession, and the comparison of details 72 BRET HARTES CHOICE BITS. which they thought each had forgotten. And withthis, and an occasional pitying reference to theblank period when they had not known each other,hand in hand they reached the house. Mr. Mc Closky was awaiting them impatientlyupon the verandah. When Miss Jinny had slippedupstairs to replace a collar that stood som
. Bret Harte's choice bits [electronic resource]. ght was not asbeautiful; Ridgeway, that the long ride had bluntedhis perceptions. But they had the frankness toconfess it to each other, with the rare delight ofsuch a confession, and the comparison of details 72 BRET HARTES CHOICE BITS. which they thought each had forgotten. And withthis, and an occasional pitying reference to theblank period when they had not known each other,hand in hand they reached the house. Mr. Mc Closky was awaiting them impatientlyupon the verandah. When Miss Jinny had slippedupstairs to replace a collar that stood somewhatsuspiciously awry, Mr. Mc Closky drew Ridgewaysolemnly aside. He held a large theatre poster inone hand, and an open newspaper in the other. I alius said, he remarked, slowly, with the airof merely renewing a suspended conversation,—Ialius said that riding three horses at onct wasntexactly in he* line. It would seem that it remarks in this yer paper, it would appearthat she tried it on at Marysville last week, andbroke her ?IB?lE?PE^ EJaJBliMJ™^ TJJ k^-^«g?Ltf j&vJiJL Ifc J^PsSKi ~4l ,*r.*FSh>™mi MY FRIEND, THE TRAMP.
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