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So the bud blossomed into a flower, and the year which saw her father the richest of the farmers left her as fair a specimen of American girlhood as could be found in the whole Pacific slope. SO THE BUD BLOSSOMED INTO A FLOWER AND THE YEAR WHICH SAW HER FATHER THE RICHEST OF THE FARMERS LEFT HER AS FAIR A SPECIMEN OF AMERICAN GIRLHOOD AS COULD BE FOUND IN THE WHOLE PACIFIC SLOPE
wealth and reluctance to incur expense. Others, again, spoke of some early love affair, and of a fair-haired girl who had pined away on the shores of the Atlantic. Whatever the reason, Ferrier remained strictly celibate. In every other respect he conformed to the religion of the young settlement, and gained the name of being an orthodox and straight-walking man. Lucy Ferrier grew up within the log-house, and assisted her adopted father in all his undertakings. The keen air of the mountains and the balsamic odour of the pine trees took the place of nurse and mother to the young girl. As year succeeded to year she grew taller and stronger, her cheek more rudy, and her step more elastic. Many a wayfarer upon the high road which ran by Ferrier’s farm felt long-forgotten thoughts revive in their mind as they watched her lithe girlish figure tripping through the wheatfields, or met her mounted upon her father’s mustang, and managing it with all the ease and grace of a true child of the West. T IT DOWN A GREED OF WEALTH AND RELUCTANCE TO INCUR EXPENSE OTHERS AGAIN SPOKE OF SOME EARLY LOVE AFFAIR AND OF A FAIR HAIRED GIRL WHO HAD PINED AWAY ON THE SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC WHATEVER THE REASON FERRIER REMAINED STRICTLY CELIBATE IN EVERY OTHER RESPECT HE CONFORMED TO THE RELIGION OF THE YOUNG SETTLEMENT AND GAINED THE NAME OF BEING AN ORTHODOX AND STRAIGHT WALKING MAN LUCY FERRIER GREW UP WITHIN THE LOG HOUSE AND ASSISTED HER ADOPTED FATHER IN ALL HIS UNDERTAKINGS THE KEEN AIR OF THE MOUNTAINS AND THE BALSAMIC ODOUR OF THE PINE TREES TOOK PLACE OF NURSE AND MOTHER TO THE YOUNG GIRL AS YEAR SUCCEEDED TO YEAR SHE GREW TALLER AND STRONGER HER CHEEK MORE RUDY AND HER STEP MORE ELASTIC MANY A WAYFARER UPON THE HIGH ROAD WHICH RAN BY FERRIER'S FARM FELT LONG FORGOTTEN THOUGHTS REVIVE IN THEIR MIND AS THEY WATCHED HER LITHE GIRLISH FIGURE TRIPPING THROUGH THE WHEAT FIELDS OR MET HER MOUNTED UPON HER FATHER'S MUSTANG AND MANAGING IT WITH ALL THE EASE AND GRACE OF A TRUE CHILD OF THE WEST
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