I do n't care if I tell now . I hope they will get away , just to spite the others for going and leaving me as they did -- the mean puppies , the -- ' ` Thomas Loker ! ' said the old lady . ' I tell you , granny , if you bottle a fellow up too tight he 'll split , ' said Tom Loker . ` But about Eliza -- tell them to dress her up some way so as to alter her . We have sent a description of what she looks like to the town where the boats start from . She will be caught yet if she does n't dress up differently . ' ' I thank thee , Thomas Loker , ' replied the old lady with her usual calmness . ` We will attend to that . Thank thee . ' Then she went to tell George and Eliza what Tom Loker had said . They were indeed very grateful to him , and very glad that they had not left him , as his own friends had done , to die by the roadside . So next day Eliza cut off all her beautiful black hair , and dressed herself like a boy . ` Do n't I make a pretty young fellow ? ' she said to George , laughing and blushing at the same time . ` You always will be pretty , ' said George gravely , ` do what you will . ' ` What makes you so sober ? ' asked Eliza , kneeling on one knee , and laying her hand on his . ` We are within twenty-four hours of Canada , they say . Only a day and a night on the lake , and then -- oh , then ! ' '
O Eliza , ' said XXXXX , holding her fast , ` that is just it .
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