Towncrier

Overcome by a sudden shyness she threw her rope over her head and went skipping on down the boardwalk to meet the Towncrier.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

He was not the Towncrier then, but a seafaring man who had sailed many times around the globe, and had his fill of adventure.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

Up along, through the thick of it one June morning, came the Towncrier, a picturesque figure in his short blue jacket and wide seaman's trousers, a red bandanna knotted around his throat and a wide-rimmed straw hat on the back of his head.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

The Towncrier had known Mrs. Triplett as long as he had known the town.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

Now the Towncrier hadn't intended to stop, but the dog began burrowing its head ecstatically against him, and there was something in the boy's lonesome, dirty little face which appealed to him, and the next thing he knew he was sitting on the bottom step of the Green Stairs with Georgina beside him, telling the most thrilling pirate story he knew.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

At such performances the old Towncrier was often an interested spectator.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

Now as the Towncrier came nearer, he saw Georgina skipping along toward him with her jumping rope.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

His gaze did not reach as far as the Towncrier, who halted on the threshold until Belle joined him there.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

Out towards the cranberry bogs went the Towncrier.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897

And under that was the one which Barbara called the "rainbow letter," and then at least half a dozen from Barbara herself, with the beautiful colored photograph of the Towncrier and his lass.

Georgina of the Rainbows 1897