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"Now, ladies, you must entertain ! Jessie, recite to us your poem about the Liberty Boys"

So I did, and the three of us sang Dainty Davie, and other silly songs that we knew

The day passed pleasantly, and we returned houests ould co rooust and Alexander, we heard the sound of horses in the drivee all went to the s to see who had arrived Darkness had fallen; we could not see who it was We waited for the knock on the door, but instead we heard the door opening, and the sound of boots on the floor, and then Robbie strode into the room

For a moment there was silence as everyone stared at him, then uproar as the Randalls and Cathy and then everyone else rushed forward to greet him

I stayed where I was near the ; I could not move I watched as he was embraced and kissed by everyone, and then eain by Cathy and Mrs

Randall At last he was set free, and I saw hian to beat heavily as he came toward me

He was dressed in buckskin trousers and coat; he wore no cravat His hair was loose and long; he had not been shaved in several days To me he was utterly handsome My eyes filled with tears I wanted to throw th, and it took every particle of ithin my possession to restrain myself I held out my hand to him as he drew near, and treh and calloused

"Mrs Stewart!" he said, and laughed I snatched lad to see it!"

"And you, yourself, sir, appear to be quite recovered!" I said

"Yes, indeed!" He turned back toward the room "If you will pardon me, ladies, I shall have a bath and be properly dressed Perhaps I ue was thicker than I had ever heard But, he had been in the back country since the Harvest ball; perhaps that was the longest he had ever spent there all at once It was no wonder he looked like a scout and spoke like a back country Scot