The gates ajar. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.

178 The Gates Ajar. garden bench beside her. After a singular variety of efforts to take the most uncomfortable position of which he was capable, he succeeded to his satisfaction, and, growing then somewhat more at his ease, answered her question. "Flowers are sech gassy things. They just blow out and that's the end of'em. I like machine-shops best." "Ah! well, that is a very useful liking. Do you ever invent machinery yourself " "Sometimes," said Abinadab, with a bashful smile. "There's a little improvement of mine for carpet-sweepers up before the patent-office now. Don't know whether they'll run it through. Some of the chaps I saw in Boston told me they thought they would do't in time; it takes an awful sight of time. I'm alwers fussing over something of the kind; alwers did, sence I was a baby; had my little windmills and carts and things; used to sell'em to the other young uns. Father don't like it. -He wants me to stick to the farm. I don't like farming. I feel like a fish out of water. - Mrs. Forceythe, marm!" He turned on her with an abrupt change of tone, so funny that she could with difficulty retain her gravity.

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The gates ajar. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
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