When the teacher came in , Whiskers complimented her on the splendid understanding the children had of their lesson and said he meant to tell the trustees what a jewel they had . It was ` very unusual , ' he said , to find a fourth class who could answer up so prompt when it came to explaining what words meant . He went off beaming . But Ella told me this as a great secret , Mrs. Dr. dear , and we must keep it as such , for the sake of the Lowbridge Road teacher . It would likely be the ruin of her chances of keeping the school if Whiskers should ever find out how he had been bamboozled . '' Mary Vance came up to Ingleside that same afternoon to tell them that Miller Douglas , who had been wounded when the Canadians took Hill 70 , had had to have his leg amputated . The Ingleside folk sympathized with Mary , whose zeal and patriotism had taken some time to kindle but now burned with a glow as steady and bright as any one 's . `` Some folks have been twitting me about having a husband with only one leg . But , '' said Mary , rising to a lofty height , `` I would rather Miller with only one leg than any other man in the world with a dozen -- unless , '' she added as an after-thought , `` unless it was Lloyd George . Well , I must be going . I thought you 'd be interested in hearing about Miller so I ran up from the store , but I must hustle home for I promised Luke MacAllister I 'd help him build his grain stack this evening . It 's up to us girls to see that the harvest is got in , since the boys are so scarce . I 've got overalls and I can tell you they 're real becoming . Mrs. Alec Douglas says they 're indecent and should n't be allowed , and even Mrs. Elliott kinder looks askance at them . But bless you , the world moves , and anyhow there 's no fun for me like shocking Kitty Alec . '' `` By the way , father , '' said Rilla , `` I 'm going to take Jack Flagg 's place in his father 's store for a month . I promised him today that I would , if you did n't object . Then he can help the farmers get the harvest in . I do n't think I 'd be much use in a harvest myself -- though lots of the girls are -- but I can set Jack free while I do his work . Jims is n't much bother in the daytime now , and I 'll always be home at night . ''
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