An Unwilling Maid

Book Excerpt: ...," said Betty, "but when I told him ours and he did not give his name in return, I thought perhaps he did not care to be known, and of course forbore to press him.""How handsome he was," said Moppet; "did you see his hair? And how tightly it curled, wet as it was? And his eyes--surely you noted his eyes, Betty?""Yes," replied Betty, blushing with remembrance of the parting glance the hazel eyes had bestowed upon her; "he is a personable fellow enough.""Far handsomer than Josiah Huntington," said Moppet mischievously, "or even Francis Plunkett.""What does a little maid like you know of looks?" said Betty reprovingly, "and what would Aunt Euphemia say to such comments, I wonder?""You'll never tell tales of me," said Moppet, with the easy confidence of a spoiled child. "Do you think he was a soldier--perhaps an of...