I told
him a long story about a lord an' a lady, which was two or three
stories I had read, run together, an' we had a splendid time. It
all seemed real real to me."
CHAPTER XV.
IN WHICH TWO NEW FRIENDS DISPORT THEMSELVES.
"The nex' mornin' was fine an' nice," continued Pomona, "an' after
our breakfast had been brought to us, we went out in the grounds to
take a walk. There was lots of trees back of the house, with walks
among 'em, an' altogether it was so ole-timey an' castleish that I
was as happy as a lark.
"'Come along, Earl Miguel,' I says; 'let us tread a measure 'neath
these mantlin' trees.'
"'All right,' says he. 'Your Jiguel attends you. An' what might
our noble second name be? What is we earl an' earl-ess of?'
"'Oh, anything,' says I. 'Let's take any name at random.'
"'All right,' says he. 'Let it be random. Earl an' Earl-ess
Random. Come along.'
"So we walks about, I feelin' mighty noble an' springy, an' afore
long we sees another couple a-walkin' about under the trees.
"'Who's them?' says I.
"'Don't know,' says he, 'but I expect they're some o' the other
boarders. The man said he had other boarders when I spoke to him
about takin' us.'
"'Let's make-believe they're a count an' count says I. 'Count an'
Countess of--'
"'Milwaukee,' says he.
"I didn't think much of this for a noble name, but still it would
do well enough, an' so we called 'em the Count an' Countess of
Milwaukee, an' we kep' on a meanderin'.
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