Last time I see Cappy Hicks he was carryin'
his cane with the albatross beak for a handle; and Tony Spadello has
made a barrel of money keeping shop on the Bedford docks.
"But birds have an influence in the world, I take it, like other folks.
You wouldn't think, ma'am, how much store my brother Abe sets by old
Jerry yonder."
Aunt Euphemia jumped up with an exclamation of relief. "Louise!" she
uttered as she saw the girl, amusement in her eyes, standing in the
doorway.
CHAPTER XIII
WASHY GALLUP'S CURIOSITY
"I do not see how you can endure it, Louise! He is impossible--quite
impossible! I never knew your tastes were low!"
Critical to the tips of her trembling fingers, Aunt Euphemia sat stiffly
upright in Louise's bedroom rocking chair and uttered this harsh
reflection upon her niece's good taste. Louise never remembered having
seen her aunt so angry before. But she was provoked herself, and her
determination to go her own way and spend her summer as she chose
stiffened under the lash of the lady's criticism.
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