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I. An Irate Neighbor

           justexactlywhathewastobefamousforwasleftinconvenienthaziness,butAnnethoughtitwouldberathernicetohavehimacollegepresidentoraCanadianpremier...bowinglowoverherwrinkledhandandassuringherthatitwasshewhohadfirstkindledhisambition,andthatallhissuccessinlifewasduetothelessonsshehadinstilledsolongagoinAvonleaschool.Thispleasantvisionwasshatteredbyamostunpleasantinterruption.

           AdemurelittleJerseycowcamescuttlingdownthelaneandfivesecondslaterMr.Harrisonarrived...if“arrived”benottoomildatermtodescribethemannerofhisirruptionintotheyard.

           Hebouncedoverthefencewithoutwaitingtoopenthegate,andangrilyconfrontedastonishedAnne,whohadrisentoherfeetandstoodlookingathiminsomebewilderment.Mr.Harrisonwastheirnewrighthandneighborandshehadnevermethimbefore,althoughshehadseenhimonceortwice.

           InearlyApril,beforeAnnehadcomehomefromQueen’s,Mr.RobertBell,whosefarmadjoinedtheCuthbertplaceonthewest,hadsoldoutandmovedtoCharlottetown.HisfarmhadbeenboughtbyacertainMr.J.A.Harrison,whosename,andthefactthathewasaNewBrunswickman,wereallthatwasknownabouthim.ButbeforehehadbeenamonthinAvonleahehadwonthereputationofbeinganoddperson...“acrank,”Mrs.RachelLyndesaid.Mrs.Rachelwasanoutspokenlady,asthoseofyouwhomayhavealreadymadeheracquaintancewillremember.Mr.Harrisonwascertainlydifferentfromotherpeople...andthatistheessentialcharacteristicofacrank,aseverybodyknows.

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