`` But I find instead just a dreamy romantic little girl , much like my sisters at home , except that she is a great deal cleverer . And as a result I mean to stay a week at Plainfield and come to see you every day , if you will let me . And on my way back to the Bar N I mean to stop off at Plainfield again for another week , and then I shall tell you something more -- something it would be a little too bold to say now , perhaps , although I could say it just as well and truly . All this if I may . May I , Sidney ? '' He bent forward and looked earnestly into her face . Sidney felt a new , curious , inexplicable thrill at her heart . `` Oh , yes . -- I suppose so , '' she said shyly . `` Now , take me up to the house and introduce me to your Aunt Jane , '' said John Lincoln in satisfied tone . An Adventure on Island Rock `` Who was the man I saw talking to you in the hayfield ? '' asked Aunt Kate , as Uncle Richard came to dinner . `` Bob Marks , '' said Uncle Richard briefly . `` I 've sold Laddie to him . '' Ernest Hughes , the twelve-year-old orphan boy whom Uncle `` boarded and kept '' for the chores he did , suddenly stopped eating . `` Oh , Mr. Lawson , you 're not going to sell Laddie ? '' he cried chokily . Uncle Richard stared at him . Never before , in the five years that Ernest had lived with him , had the quiet little fellow spoken without being spoken to , much less ventured to protest against anything Uncle Richard might do . `` Certainly I am , '' answered the latter curtly .
`` Bob offered me twenty dollars XXXXX the dog , and he 's coming after him next week . ''
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