What
she wants is what all young things want--freedom and fun--pure, simple
fun. Don't let her think you are expecting evil of her; let her alone!"
The extent of Glenn's confusion may be estimated by the fact that he
permitted Priscilla thereafter to go, when she chose, to Kenmore and
learn of Farwell what Farwell chose to give her, and, for the first time
in the girl's life, she felt a glow of appreciation toward her father.
With this new freedom she became happier, less restless, and her
admiration for Farwell knew no bounds.
The schoolmaster managed to procure a violin and laboriously practised
upon it until an almost forgotten gift was somewhat restored. He did not
play as Travers did--he had only his ear to depend upon; he had never
been well taught--but his music sufficed to accompany Priscilla's nimble
feet, and it gave Farwell himself an added interest in his dull life.
"She'll marry Jerry-Jo McAlpin some day," the schoolmaster thought at
times; "and have a brood of half-breeds--no quarter-breeds--and all this
joy and gladness will become a blurred, or blotted-out, background.
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