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The Girl from Glengarry - Dodo Press
Author: Ralph Connor

Sylvia Rivers is a perfect young lady - beautiful, talented, religious, and in charge of her father's business, managing it knowledgeably, and with fairness and generosity to her employees.--- Modern business people could take an example from her. In the midst of the plethora of books about boys and young men and animals, one can surmise that Th... more »e girl from Glengarry must have given pleasure to many an older teenage girl. a selection from CHAPTER I: The Ottawa, tawny and turbulent with spring freshets, rolled majestic, full bank to bank, and flooding the flats, marooning the great elms which stood guard over a little old solidly built log cabin. From across the river upon a curving line of hills the sunset fell in a glow of purple and gold. High upon a cut bank, jutting over the backwater of the overflow, a girl stood outlined against the purple of the hills, slender, lithe, exquisitely formed with soft girlish curves, yet firmly erect upon shapely legs, whose beautiful contours the playful wind clearly revealed. The sunlight turned the little curls of bobbed hair into a tangle of red gold, a striking foil to the transparent clarity of her skin. The face beautifully modelled into lines of strength and tenderness was gloriously lit up by eyes that seemed to catch the flying color from the bunch of blue wood violets at her breast, the same blue, with darker iris rims. A picture of rare loveliness she stood, strength, high courage in her pose, and in her eyes the lure and witchery that is supposed to make men mad. "Good boy, Paddy! Stick to it old chap." The voice rang out clear and vibrant. The girl was encouraging a yearling Irish setter pup in a struggle to land a branch of a tree from the river. Cheered on by his mistress the pup pulled and hauled, growling savagely the while, and finally landed the booty. "Good old boy! Not afraid of water, eh? Fine! Time for home Paddy. Come along." Paddy frisked and gambolled in a state of high triumph, and ended by leaping up at the girl with his paws on her frock. "Down Paddy, you beast!" she cried, bringing her leash sharply down upon his nose. The answering howl brought swift penitence. "Oh Paddy darling! So sorry!" Her arms went round Paddy now wriggling ecstatically his forgiveness. "You have made a mess of me, Paddy, but no matter. Come along! Away you go. I'll race you to the fence." Like the wind Paddy was away, and like the wind his mistress was after him arriving at the fence in a dead heat. The fence was an old-fashioned structure of cedar logs built end to end with a cap rail on top. A quick scramble and the girl was over, leaving the puppy behind. "Ha ha! Fooled you there, Paddy. Come on! Find your own way out. Oh, you great baby!" she cried, taunting him as he began to whine. "Come along till you find a hole," she said setting off up the muddy road, while Paddy whimpering kept leaping at the fence in vain efforts to make exit from the field. "Oh come on baby!" cried the girl, running along the road. "There are plenty of holes. Don't be a whining quitter." The square little chin carried high was sufficient indication that its owner was no quitter. At length a hole was found and the pup came dashing after his mistress. Down the road meeting them came a flock of sheep in charge of a supernaturally wise and patient collie. Paddy dashed forward with a joyous bark. "Paddy! heel sir!" The voice of the girl carried quite unmistakable authority. Paddy paused, looked back at his mistress and again at the sheep now huddling and backing, held together only by the steady, resolute shepherding of the collie. Paddy came back slowly and reluctantly. "Bad dog! 'ware sheep!" said the girl. Catching him by the collar she began cuffing his ears, repeating with emphasis at each cuff, "No, No! 'ware sheep!"

ISBN-13: 9781409935728
ISBN-10: 1409935728
Publication Date: 11/7/2008
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Dodo Press
Book Type: Paperback
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