She sank down by his side; his arm was about her, and her head was on his breast. Very much like lovers, now. So thought Mrs. Thompson, as she stepped inside the gate; so thought two old fellows, who just then came from the barn towards them.
“Look there, Cyrus, old boy; there’s poaching on your ground.”
“All right, Paul—if my dove must go. It will be tenderly nurtured there.”
And so, in due time, the “Tomboy” became a lovely bride; and the name Harry Thompson had shaped upon the sand, was written in the old family Bible; and another generation of Thompsons sported in the orchard, and plucked fruit from the old tree where Becky Sleeper had long ago been found Running to Waste.
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“JUST AS THE TWIG IS BENT, THE TREE’S INCLINED”
LESSONS ON MANNERS. For home and school use. A Manual by Edith E. Wiggin. Cloth, 50 cents; school edition, boards, 30 cents net.
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