The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg And Other Stories And Essays
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I was so happy oh, hap pier than you can think ! " By-and-by it was toward supper time, and I led him home. As we approached our house he was amazed, and cried out : " How splendid ! Is that your father s? " It gave me a pang to hear that tone and see that admiring light in his eye, but the feeling 215 quickly passed away, for I loved him so, and he looked so handsome and noble. All my family of aunts and uncles and cousins were pleased with him, and many guests were called in, and the house wa...s shut up tight and the rag lamps lighted, and when everything was hot and comfortable and suffocating, we began a joyous feast in celebration of my betrothal. " When the feast was over, my father s vanity overcame him, and he could not resist the tempta tion to show off his riches and let Kalula see what grand good -fortune he had stumbled into and mainly, of course, he wanted to enjoy the poor man s amazement. I could have cried but it would have done no good to try to dissuade my father, so I said nothing, but merely sat there and suffered.
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