If this latter item be a fact I almost feel a grim pity for him . He may detest it , but he will be dragged into it . Rich bachelors are few and far between in Riverton , and the mammas will hunt him down . I feel like crying . If Sidney Elliot comes home I shall be debarred from Stillwater . I have roamed its demesnes for ten beautiful years , and I 'm sure I love them a hundredfold better than he does , or can . It is flagrantly unfair . Oh , I hate him ! * * * * * January Twentieth . No , I do n't . I believe I like him . Yet it 's almost unbelievable . I 've always thought men so detestable . I 'm tingling all over with the surprise and pleasure of a little unexpected adventure . For the first time I have something really worth writing in a diary ... and I 'm glad I have a diary to write it in . Blessings on Aunt Jemima ! May her shadow never grow less . This evening I started out for a last long lingering ramble in my beloved Stillwater woods . The last , I thought , because I knew Sidney Elliot was expected home next week , and after that I 'd have to be cooped up on our lawn . I dressed myself comfortably for climbing fences and skimming over snowy wastes .
That is , I put XXXXX the shortest old tweed skirt I have and a red jacket with sleeves three years behind the fashion , but jolly pockets to put your hands in , and a still redder tam .
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