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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Oldport days, with ten heliotype illustrations from views taken in Newport, R. I., expressly for this work. 2 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Oldport days, with ten heliotype illustrations from views taken in Newport, R. I., expressly for this work., Madam Delia's expectations. (search)
that had ever arisen in the museum was when Monsieur Comstock, teased beyond endurance, had thus taken the law into his own hands. Well, said Gerty, after a pause, I ain't a great lady, no more'n nothina. Them things I brought to you was Anne's. Anne's things? gasped Madam Delia,--the ring and the piece of a handkerchief. Yes, 'm, said Gerty, and I've got the rest. And exploring her little trunk, she produced from a slit in the lining the other half of the ring, with the name Anne Deering. You naughty, naughty girl! said Madam Delia. How did you get 'em away from Anne? Coaxed her, said the child. Well, how did you make her hush up about it? Told her I'd kill her if she said a single word, said Gerty, undauntedly. I showed her Pa De Marsan's old dirk-knife and told her I'd stick it into her if she did n't hush. She was just such a 'fraid-cat she believed me. She might have known I did n't mean nothina. Now she can have 'em and be a lady. She was always tal