I hope that we may meet
again some day." She pressed Miss Laura's hand, gave me a farewell pat,
and the next minute we were outside on the platform, and she was smiling
through the window at us.
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CHAPTER XVI
DINGLEY FARM
"My dear niece," and a stout, middle-aged woman, with a red, lively
face, threw both her arms around Miss Laura, "How glad I am to see you,
and this is the dog. Good Joe, I have a bone waiting for you. Here is
Uncle John."
A tall, good-looking man stepped up and put out a big hand, in which my
mistress' little fingers were quite swallowed up. "I am glad to see you,
Laura. Well, Joe, how d'ye do, old boy? I've heard about you."
It made me feel very welcome to have them both notice me, and I was so
glad to be out of the train that I frisked for joy around their feet as
we went to the wagon. It was a big double one, with an awning over it to
shelter it from the sun's rays, and the horses were drawn up in the
shade of a spreading tree. They were two powerful black horses, and as
they had no blinders on, they could see us coming.
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