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before him,
why Tudor" exclaimed the old lady, Il
know you nscd TO like iea--and now you
have been without it for months
Had been without it for years, ex
claimed Tudor,I would not take drop Of
that tea THAT ca Of all others
'Wcll--rAiy Tudor--l did not expect
this Of you = CIRCULATED Aunt Rhoda.
q am sorry t. hear you say So replied
Tudor, 'you Certainly understood that |
brought tic tenior your own qualification,
| not for my owr--snd you mny be assured
that nothing, 7hutevef, shall induce the
to partake OF it.
Tudor saidAunt Rhoda, Il did not
suppose such ,tubbornness was in yOu.
| Come now orb try one cup-you've no
notion how nee It is see how dark it
pours out and low fine 1t Smells sIpping
from her yaucpv, - come uow, ns' taste H.,
You need not We AFRAID of Chase-hc II
never know IT,
| Afraid Of Chase!' exclaimed Tudor,
colorlDg violently, and almost starting from
his chair, Tudor Havland afraid of Chase
Loring"
Before his Indignation could vent itself
farther, the door was suddenly thrown
open, and Chase Lor'ng appeared at 1t.
! On coming home rather earlier than usua l.
and finding no one in the paricr, he had in
qulrcd of Marcy whore they oil were? i
don't know. sad Marcy, odd mlssus was
up chamber wien came home, and she
called master Tudor and Annis up to her
aud they never come down again. guess
may be, she's having a fainty.ft, or some
thing. Her voice didn't seem material
I've been afearad TO so and AK
Chase hastily ran up stairs, and uncere
monously throwing open the door, he saw
the tea.,sbIe with all its appdrtenances
Aunt Rhoda holding a saucer to her lips
aud Tudor and Annis sitting with each
cup before them.
VIVA is all this y exclaimed Chase, 'ar
you actually drinking ,ea:'
oh! Chase cried Annis, why did nc
you knock at the door,'
Aunt Rhoda changed color, and s'ar'e
so that she dropped her saucer-but tryn
to rally. she proceeded to remedy the di
: asher with affected composure, and said vii,
! forced SMILE
There's no great harm done after all
so set down. Chase Loring, and take
friendly cup of tea with u.s.
H. exclaimed Chase, springing u
I, half way to the ceiing-I drink tea !
Where did you get 1t? Tell me wher
D that tea come from''
Il 6rough, it to her, said Tudor. calmly
2 'Yoo--yOu, cried Chase, do you ca
!. tha, gtu gave her that tca?'
y 4 do say so, replied Tudor
2 ChHe stood for moment motionles
t Then going up to Tudor. he said in volt
: half clicked from the effort to speak viii
e something like composure,-
, 'Tudo' have Just seen man broug'
in from Iedlord-al the way from Me-
ford-wlo had somehow managed to car,
a great deal Of tea home with him. B
y his tow,smen found him out, and the
y, made hin come along with them to Squl
y Hancock who has supper party to-nlch
u And Squire Hancock sbamed him befo
all the gentlemen. and the tea that h,
IT been taten from him was burnt on Il
r common in front of the squre's hous
of This hive seem
" We'll, SAID Tudor, 'and what is all III
'e to me! =
Tudor said Chase, trying to spe'
ct coolly, Just tell me why you kept ba,
ID that tea and why you brought it hon
,r with yol''
ID If yn really suppose replied Tudc
e, shat s.creted this tea. last night, for t
ut purpose Of bringing it home with me
I'd you, INDEED, think so-you may think
" still AMI he walked about the room in
lie fever otindgnation.
Is On! ro--no,' cried Aunt Rhoda, 't W
le all my fant-I teazed him--l coaxed h
err lit was only this morning persuaded h
b, to 60 TO the water-sde and pick it up
me--anG had hard work to get him to
We lit was all melancholy but me-
g Tudor resumed Chase, you have I
Is. been drink ing it say this instant that y
@, have drank none of it
p Chase Loring,' answered Tudor, tur
1T ing suddenly upon him, Il neither like W
elf tone nor manner. BY what right do y
question me. II | chose to bring home t,
ca or even to drink il, am | not at liberty
re do so without accounting 10 You for it 2
Du Tudor said Chase you will not DIT
- to drink ina. cup OF TEA.
'Dare = exclaimed Tudor, aud in an
a stank he took up the cup, and swallow
)ii its contents.
Mt 'Oh! Tudor = cried Annis--turning w
he pale, and covering her eyes with her han
70 Mercy on me What neXt!' cjaculal
| Aunt Rhoda.
he Tudor having emptied the cup, set
al dawn and advanced iowards Chasp W
ut stood firm, and looked at him in silence,
in 'Oh! boys-boys!' cried Anns, do
ur look so very angry at each other yo
e, faces are scarlet, and your eyes flash Il
IS, fre--you frigh'en me out Of my wits, a
70 see poor Aunt Rhola is trembling in |
CO CHAIR
If But the remonstrance was UNDECIDED.
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