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PG57171 | 14 | CHAPTER V
OFF TO THE WOODS
Arent they just too dear for anything?
And such an artistic color!
That olive brown is so becoming to you, Natalie.
Oh, I think it suits all of you as well!
Do let your hair down in those two long braids, Natalie, and be
Pocahontas, urged Mabel. It is so bec... | 1,058 |
PG57171 | 15 | Oh, but thats all the better! exclaimed Natalie. We can learn for
ourselves, and if we do make mistakes, we wont repeat them. It will be
jolly fun!
And if we get into real difficulties the boys wont be so very far
away, added practical Alice, for Jack and his chums had followed up the
idea, casually expressed, and had... | 954 |
PG57171 | 16 | In the days that followedand busy ones they werethe girls completed
their arrangements. They wrote on ahead for a supply of food that could
be kept in stock, and were glad to learn that a not too distant
lake-shore village would supply them when needed, a butcher and grocer
coming around in a boat to take orders, for G... | 810 |
PG57171 | 17 | CHAPTER VI
THE OLD MAN
That rope should go the other way!
No, I remember Jack saying you should fasten the other rope first.
Are you sure the pegs are driven in tightly enough?
There! I knew something would be missing. We havent a hammer to drive
in the pegs with.
But where are the ... | 1,040 |
PG57171 | 19 | CHAPTER VII
A NIGHT ALARM
Instinctively the four girls, and Mrs. Bonnell, drew nearer together,
shrinking away from the old man who had come up out of his boat to help
them erect the tents. On his part he remained staring at Natalie, as
though she were some ghost from the past. She paled... | 1,042 |
PG57171 | 20 | In jest a minute, lady. As soon as I lay out the poles and spread the
canvas over em.
Oh, those poles! exclaimed Alice. Wasnt it stupid of us not to
remember that a tent had to have poles?
They watched the old man take the ridge pole and fit the holes in either
end of it, over the pins on the tops of the two end pole... | 993 |
PG57171 | 21 | Oh, for the glorious camp fire! cried Alice. We must have a big one
in honor of our arrival!
Not too large, remarked the cautious Guardian. We must remember that
we are in the woods, and there isnt an alarm box on every tree.
Merrily they sat about the tablesome boards over saw horses, the same
that the former camper... | 1,065 |
PG57171 | 22 | If you did I guess I lost the letter, he confessed. Weve had a time
getting our own camp in shape. Those fellows forgot half the stuff I
told them to order.
We didnt forget any more than you did, retorted Phil.
Let us have peace, urged Blake. At last we are here, and the girls
are safe.
No thanks to you, though, rem... | 1,003 |
PG57171 | 24 | CHAPTER VIII
THE OLD MILL
Cots creaked as four forms rose to sitting positions on them. There were
gasping intakes of breath. Natalie, cowering amid the coverings pointed
with a shaking finger toward the tent wall near her.
Therethere! she hoarsely whispered.
Boys! Boys! screamed Mari... | 1,061 |
PG57171 | 25 | Well do it for you, offered Blake. Can we do anything more?
No, thank you, murmured Natalie. It was good of you to come.
Why wouldnt we; with all that yelling? asked Jack.
We thought the ghost of the old mill was carrying you off, explained
Blake.
Ugh! Dont speak of itwell never get another wink of sleep, declared
... | 1,009 |
PG57171 | 26 | We may, if the foxes leave us alone, answered Mrs. Bonnell. Though I
have plenty more of ammonia.
Put some talcum powder in next time, urged Marie with a laugh.
They tramped on for some little time longer, gradually ascending from
the level of the lake, until they turned from a dense patch of woodland
into a little g... | 887 |
PG57171 | 27 | CHAPTER IX
AN EXCITED CONSTABLE
What was that? whispered Marie.
Some one is hurt! murmured Natalie.
Mrs. Bonnell began a search for her useful little ammonia gun, but found
she had left it in camp.
Where was that noise, fellows? demanded practical Jack. Before any of
them could answer hi... | 1,032 |
PG57171 | 28 | Its older than the Indians. The Indians were here once. They killed
some settlers in the mill. Sometimes in the night I hear criescries
of
Thatll do! interrupted Blake a bit sternly, seeing that the old chap
was getting on the nerves of the girls who stood outside the shack.
Youll work into a fever if youre not carefu... | 970 |
PG57171 | 30 | CHAPTER X
OVERBOARD
For a moment Constable Jackson, as he had called himself, staggered to
retain his footing, for Blake had used no gentleness in thrusting him to
one side.
Ahha! the man finally managed to gasp, as he steadied himself by
seizing a slender sapling. What do you mean, y... | 1,052 |
PG57171 | 31 | They! exclaimed Blake. I think _you_ did.
I didnt mean to, the man went on. After I got the warrant I made
some inquiries. Some one told me there was Gypsy girls camping over
here, and I come.
So they take us for Gypsies! exclaimed Natalie. Oh, what will the
Camp Fire Girls say to this?
What about this pocket-book? ... | 1,074 |
PG57171 | 32 | And if you boys dont find it, maybe we can, put in Alice.
You girls! Youd never dare go off in the woods alone, looking for a
Gypsy camp; youd get lost! declared Phil.
That shows how little he knows about the Camp Fire Girls! exclaimed
Marie. Know then, rash youth, that we are instructed in the following
of trailsGyp... | 740 |
PG57171 | 33 | CHAPTER XI
OFF TO THE GYPSY CAMP
Letlet me get her! gasped Blake, as he whirled about in the water,
seeking the tell-tale train of bubbles that might indicate the presence
of the girl.
No! cried Jack. You get in the boat. Your wet clothes are too heavy.
Ill dive for her. I saw where she wen... | 1,020 |
PG57171 | 34 | He was lucky in finding Old Hanson in his shack. The solitary man was
just starting a fire for supper. The kettle was boiling and, quickly
explaining the need, Jack helped make coffee. Then, with a pailful of
the steaming beverage, while Hanson came after him with a blanket, the
lad hurried back to where the others wer... | 979 |
PG57171 | 35 | Wash the dishes? asked Mabel, for they had only eaten a light lunch
that day, and the utensils had been left until after the night meal.
No, Im going to see if that red clay can be modeled into anything like
a vase, said Natalie, for near the drinking spring they had found a bed
of sticky clay a day or so before, and ... | 791 |
PG57171 | 36 | CHAPTER XII
THE GIRLS WILL TRY
My vase! gasped Natalie. Hell break it!
I guess thats the only way to get it off his head, answered Mrs.
Bonnell, still laughing. Poor little fellow! He must have thought it
contained something good to eat.
This is what the two saw.
A little raccoon was ba... | 1,028 |
PG57171 | 37 | A feast? no, replied Alice, who was scooping out the dirt. Why do you
ask?
Because youre digging a hole, and you have a lot of clay around. I
thought maybe you were going to clay a chicken.
Clay a chicken? repeated Mrs. Bonnell. Is that a new way of serving
it?
Its the camp version of a casserole, explained Jack. Yo... | 1,020 |
PG57171 | 39 | CHAPTER XIII
LOST AT BEAR POND
Are you sure this is the road, Marie?
The man said it was.
That doesnt make it so, retorted Alice. I never knew such poor
directions as those given by persons who have lived in a place nearly
all their lives. You scarcely ever can depend on them.
That is s... | 1,021 |
PG57171 | 40 | Oh, youre coming to think that he wasnt such a bad guide after all
then? demanded Marie, a trifle mollified.
I just want to see how nearly he can estimate the distance, was the
answer.
He said it was five milesfive short ones, and Marie hastily corrected
herself.
And the path a straight one?
No, indeed. We have to ... | 1,040 |
PG57171 | 41 | What was that? exclaimed Mabel, as a whirr of wings, and the passage
of some body through the underbrush, startled her.
A quail, answered Natalie. I just got a glimpse of it. Oh, see the
lovely flowers! and she rushed over to a patch of ox-eyed daisies, or
black-eyed-Susans, and, pulling a bunch thrust them into her b... | 1,041 |
PG57171 | 42 | Oh! screamed Natalie.
What is it? demanded Mrs. Bonnell with a little start.
Somethingsomething moved.
A bird in the bushes, likely. Silly! This place is getting on the
nerves of all of us, I guess. Marie, cant you locate the Gypsy camp,
and then well go?
I dont know. Lets follow this path. If we dont see their ten... | 673 |
PG57171 | 43 | CHAPTER XIV
A NIGHT MARCH
We must keep on!
Yes, we cant stay here in this lonesome place!
Oh, if we could only see some houseand ask our way.
I believe its going to rainI felt a drop on my nose.
Are you sure it wasnt a tear, Natalie?
Thus talked the Camp Fire Girls as they gathered ... | 1,005 |
PG57171 | 44 | Dont speak of Bear Pond! pleaded Marie.
Now, dearie, dont you worry! exclaimed Alice, putting her arms around
her chum. It isnt any more your fault than ours. We should be more
like the boy scouts and be prepared. Thats their motto, you know.
But I lost the directions! exclaimed Marie.
You couldnt help it. Probably ... | 867 |
PG57171 | 45 | CHAPTER XV
ITS THE BOYS
How much farther?
I cant walk another step!
You must! You cant stay herenone of us can! We must keep on!
The Camp Fire Girls were trudging through the woods, whither the path
led themwet, miserable and unhappy, yet not utterly discouraged. The
little pocket lamp... | 1,014 |
PG57171 | 46 | Oh! gasped Alice contritely. II didnt mean to scare you.
Once more they trudged on in the rain and darkness. But to the eternal
credit of the Camp Fire Girls be it said that no one murmured. They all
recognized it as something that could not be helped or bettered by
complaining, and they were Spartan-like in their suf... | 504 |
PG57171 | 47 | CHAPTER XVI
THE BOTTLE OF OLIVES
Did you come to look for us?
How did you know where we were?
Oh, but were _so_ glad to see you!
How far is it to camp? Were almost dead!
Girls! Girls! Do restrain yourselves a little! We are not half so badly
off as that!
It was Mrs. Bonnell who uttered... | 1,011 |
PG57171 | 48 | Next time dont try to find Bear Pond unless one of _us_ goes along,
suggested Jack in patronizing tones.
Oh, but we did find it, declared Mabel. It was after we found it, and
on our way home, that we got lost. The hairpin blazing didnt work.
The what? cried Blake in curiosity.
Mabel, if you mention that Ill never fo... | 998 |
PG57171 | 50 | CHAPTER XVII
A SHARP ATTACK
Natalie Fuller! Dont you dare say such things!
The idea of any one being at our camp!
I shant sleep a wink to-night!
I dont believe you left the olives and other things out at allyouve
made a mistake.
Thus did the chums of breath-of-the-pine-tree try to re... | 1,023 |
PG57171 | 52 | CHAPTER XVIII
ANOTHER TRY
The boys did not stop to see who gave the advice. It seemed good to
follow, and they did. Regardless of their clothes, which were of light
weight, easily dried, they ran toward the lake, wading in until it was
deep enough to duck under.
As for Blake, he did no... | 1,002 |
PG57171 | 53 | Well ask them later, said Marie.
Have you folks been missing things? asked Reuben, as he overheard the
talk.
Yes, answered Alice, Whom do you think could have taken the stuff?
Its them Gypsies! declared Reuben. Lots of folks around here are
complainin of missing things. Not only the farmers but some cottagers
and ca... | 1,043 |
PG57171 | 55 | CHAPTER XIX
THE GYPSY CAMP
Have we everything we need? asked Natalie.
No, and we wouldnt even if we had brought the whole camp outfit with
us, replied Marie. Wed still find that we wanted something we didnt
have.
But we have enough! declared Mrs. Bonnell, looking at what she
carried, a... | 1,053 |
PG57171 | 56 | Be sure we have everything! exclaimed Alice, as they disembarked. For
it may be a long time before we get back.
Dont look for trouble, warned Mrs. Bonnell.
Laden with their parcels and bundles containing mostly food, for they
intended to have a substantial lunch in the woods, they trudged on. Mrs.
Bonnell industrious... | 1,034 |
PG57171 | 58 | CHAPTER XX
THE MISSING GIRL
They hesitated for a moment in the shrubbery, before going forward. They
had come upon the camp before they had quite expected to, and, truth to
tell, they had formed no definite plan of action. Their chief desire had
been to find the place where the wanderers ... | 1,004 |
PG57171 | 59 | Quiet there, or Ill stone you out of camp! Lie down!
With muttered growls the dogs obeyed, slinking off to shady spots where
flies would not so much trouble them.
Shall we go on? whispered Natalie, as they came to a halt.
Of course, declared Mrs. Bonnell. Thats what we are here for. Keep
your eyes open now, girls.
... | 1,063 |
PG57171 | 61 | CHAPTER XXI
OLD HANSON MOVES
Mrs. Bonnell was sure something was wrong in the Gypsy camp. So were the
girls. So much so that none of them listened with much attention to the
jargon poured fourth by the various fortune tellers.
There was the usual talk about how each one had had troublewh... | 1,082 |
PG57171 | 62 | Several men leaped on horses and rode off down the road, and one of the
young Princesses started off on foot at a rapid pace in the opposite
direction.
What could have happened? asked Marie.
Maybe theyve got word that they are going to be arrested, suggested
Mabel.
No, I think it cant be that, said Mrs. Bonnell.
Th... | 1,078 |
PG57171 | 64 | CHAPTER XXII
UNSEEN VISITORS
The girls clung to one another, after their first few frightened screams
of dismay, and then Mrs. Bonnell exclaimed:
Oh, Natalie! How could you? To frighten us so!
I didnt mean to. But really I did see something at the window.
Probably a rag fluttering in t... | 1,022 |
PG57171 | 66 | CHAPTER XXIII
MYSTIFICATION
Anything missing? gasped Mrs. Bonnell, as she came up the slope from
the lake, whither Natalie had sped in advance.
Dont you dare tell us there is! cried Marie.
There doesnt seem to be, went on the Guardian, whose rather short
breath bore to her the unwelcom... | 1,026 |
PG57171 | 67 | Well permit you to use it semi-occasionally, said Blake, though I
think it is taboo in Camp Fire Girls rules.
Well, anyhow, lets go over and see what we can find in the boys
camp, suggested Marie.
After what you have gone through with to-day you can accomplish
anything, declared Blake. To think of you finding the Gyp... | 1,041 |
PG57171 | 69 | CHAPTER XXIV
NATALIE IS GONE
Camp Fire Girls and camping boys gathered in a little group on the edge
of the lake, standing about Jack, who was mutely pointing to a stake in
the water.
Theres where she was tied, he said. And now shes gone!
Maybe she floated away, suggested Blake.
Not mu... | 1,013 |
PG57171 | 70 | And now for the Point! cried Blake. Shall we help you lock up,
girls?
Such locking as we can do, spoke Marie. I wish there was some way of
making a tent more secure. The next time we go camping we must have a
log cabin. We can lock that.
Leave a lantern burning, suggested Phil. That will make any unwelcome
visitors t... | 1,011 |
PG57171 | 72 | CHAPTER XXV
ON THE TRAIL
Now, the first thing you want to do is to keep cool, advised Blake.
Take it easynothing could have happened to her.
Oh, but you dont knowthere might, gasped Alice.
What is it? asked Jack, as he and Phil came up on the run, having
followed Blake when they heard... | 993 |
PG57171 | 74 | CHAPTER XXVI
A SPRAINED ANKLE
Now look here, sis! exclaimed Jack, purposely cross. This is all
nonsense! Natalie isnt drowned any more than you are! Dont be silly!
Im not! she retorted, brought somewhat to herself by his manner of
speaking. But isnt the boat gone?
Of course it is, he ad... | 1,013 |
PG57171 | 75 | Hark! exclaimed Mabel.
Some one is coming, added Marie.
Maybe withnews, faltered Alice.
Then came a hail.
Wo-he-lo! Dogwood!
Its Natalie! chorused her chums, while Blake raised his voice in a
gladsome shout:
Natalie! Where have you been? Are you all right?
All right, yes, of course. Reuben is bringing me home.
... | 602 |
PG57171 | 76 | CHAPTER XXVII
AWAITING THE GHOST
Wasnt it silly of me to go off that way?
Do you feel all right now?
Let her smell of the ammonia again.
No, thank you, Marie. Its too strong. The salts are better, spoke
Natalie protestingly. She was sitting up on a cot in the tent, while the
boys cluste... | 1,039 |
PG57171 | 77 | If those boys will leave Ill attend to your sprain, said Mrs. Bonnell
significantly, and the young men took the hint and left. With the
application of cloths alternately wrung out of hot and cold water,
Natalies ankle was soon much easier. It was not a bad sprain, as
sprains go, and the Guardian assured her she would b... | 739 |
PG57171 | 78 | CHAPTER XXVIII
THE BOYS ARE PUZZLED
Its a spooky old sort of a place all right, remarked Blake.
It sure is, agreed Phil.
And its going to be uncommon uncomfortable before morning, declared
Jack.
Want to back out? asked Phil, pausing in the act of arranging some
bags which they had brough... | 978 |
PG57171 | 79 | It was chilly and draughty in the old structure, but the fire made it
more cheerful than otherwise it would have been, and the boys really
began rather to enjoy their odd adventure.
But if only the ghost would walk! exclaimed Phil about nine oclock.
Hark! Whats that? exclaimed Blake in a whisper.
The wind rattling s... | 752 |
PG57171 | 80 | CHAPTER XXIX
THE GIRLS WILL GO
Where in the world were you boys?
Weve been worried to death about you!
Why didnt you tell us you were going to be out all night?
My! They look as though theyd slept in a barn!
Thus the girls greeted the return ofshall I say our three heroesa
little later... | 1,013 |
PG57171 | 81 | Maybe we will, she said coolly. Have some more coffee, Philly; and
dont let your temper get the best of you.
Well, he grumbled. I guess anybody would.
Well, it was a joke on us all right, assented Blake. We might as well
take our medicine, fellows.
The boys were in better humor after breakfast, and left for their ca... | 616 |
PG57171 | 82 | CHAPTER XXX
THE WEEPING VOICE
Where are you girls going?
It was Jack who demanded this of his sister and the other Camp Fire
devotees as they filed past Stony Point a day or so after the fiasco in
the old mill.
Evidently theyre going to make a day of it, observed Blake. Theyve
got their ... | 1,026 |
PG57171 | 83 | Oh, but I thought, with the moonlight began Natalie.
Natalie Fuller! if you want to stay around that spooky old mill after
dark you may! exclaimed Marie, but Im not going to. Its all right in
daylight, but when the shades of night begin falling fast, I want to be
in my own little tent. So dont you boys fail to come be... | 1,007 |
PG57171 | 85 | CHAPTER XXXI
THE SECRET ROOM
What shall we do?
Lets run!
Oh, ifthe boys were only here!
Thus three voices whispered. Natalie was so busy listening at the
chimney, turning her head this way and that, to better catch the sound
that came down the flue, that she did not speak.
Girls, be s... | 1,019 |
PG57171 | 87 | CHAPTER XXXII
HADEE
Natalie grasped the edges of the doorway so unexpectedly opened before
her, and clung there. The light shot into the secret room, revealing a
figure huddled up in one cornera timid, shrinking form, from which
faint moans came.
Its a girl! gasped Mrs. Bonnell. The... | 1,074 |
PG57171 | 89 | CHAPTER XXXIII
RESTORATION
Well, it isnt as bad as it might be, said Dr. Morse after he had
examined Hadee. Of course it would have been better to have had the
bone set sooner, but theres no great harm done. But I must get her to
some other place than this to work over her. I havent roo... | 1,033 |
PG57171 | 90 | Tell us all about it, demanded Blake.
We cant until we hear Hadees story, said Natalie.
And they heard that the next day. The broken leg had been set, and put
in a plaster cast. Then, with the permission of Dr. Morse, Hadee,
sitting up in bed in the Richardson home, told her story.
She had been with the Gypsy band a... | 1,050 |
PG57444 | 1 | Gypsy knew this. He never procrastinated. But at that time he and
Ginger were strangers, or this narrow squeak would never have happened.
Ginger stayed a week in Sligo, went to Abbeyville for another, came
back in a hurry because the Ballet was dancing _Carnaval_ on Saturday
afternoon, and then ran up to Ilkley for thr... | 1,053 |
PG57444 | 2 | We shant have to sweat again for a long time now, said Gypsy.
Sixteen cocoanuts will be lots to live on for a bit, especially now
weve got a penknife to eat them with. Its ripping, darling.
Gypsy was wrong, however. The penknife wouldnt rip margarine, much
less sixteen cocoanuts. So when they got back to a little room... | 1,134 |
PG57444 | 3 | I never saw _my_ Mothers coal come into the drawing-room looking
like an African Beauty Chorus, said Gypsy, getting jealous. I dont
believe thats how you trim coal at all. I believe what coal-trimmers
do is to put all those little goldy bits in the lumps, and that must
be _frightfully_ hard.
The first time I saw the g... | 1,050 |
PG57444 | 4 | Im sorry youre to have all the bad weather, said Ginger.
Its the mans part, darling. And I shall have a purple umbrella
stuck tight to my side.
I shall have a pink parasol, said Ginger, that never opens. I shall
be very busy in June and July, but then I love an open-air life in
summer. Youll spend all August cooking ... | 1,042 |
PG57444 | 5 | Mausoleum? inquired Ginger, biting off her thread, because she was
neatening a loose end of braid on the Pavement Artists shabby brown
cotton velveteen jacket. She often did such jobs for her friends at
midnight.
I think its the name of a music-hall, whispered Gypsy.
Of a dancing-hall, corrected the Pavement Artist, ... | 1,091 |
PG57444 | 6 | Ginger agreed that salmon was safe.
But the P.A. didnt.
When the following night he asked for a sausage, and Ginger shyly
offered him a pink slice of Scotch with a coronet of cucumber all the
way round, his eyes dilated. But he shook his head.
My dear, he said, do you know what are the two worst things in life?
Not... | 1,047 |
PG57444 | 7 | Let that be, missy, said the Taxi-Man; its a mans job. To get on.
There were dragons too, and a giant or so. One by one I cleared em
out.
Oh, but why? protested Ginger.
To make London safe to live in, missy.
But it _was_ safe, said Ginger, for the giants and dragons.
Ah, it wouldnt do for us discoverers to take acc... | 1,080 |
PG57444 | 8 | I shouldnt risk it, though, said Gypsy. And here comes Jeremy and
Rags for their sausages.
Jeremy was the Penny Hawker. He came up with his black hair streaked
like dripping seaweed all over his face, and Ginger gave him a towel.
When hed done with it he passed it on to Rags, whose hair was
nondescript and tufty, and ... | 1,171 |
PG57444 | 9 | Its the hottest night of the season, said Ginger, free of charge.
Hokey-Pokey all round, please, Tonio.
Gypsy promptly fetched the pillar-box. The pound which would burst it
was always being pulled down like this, like the telegraph wires trying
to climb out of sight of the railway-carriage window.
Tonio served Hokey... | 1,056 |
PG57444 | 10 | Not me, child. I shall want all my breath, said Mrs. Green, emptying
a little packet into her bowl and stirring it with a stick until the
liquid became glutinous and frothy. Then she pulled a pipe out of her
apron pocket.
Bubbles! cried Ginger dancing up and down. Youre going to blow
bubbles!
God bless the child, no!... | 1,083 |
PG57444 | 11 | Think how ripping it would be, said Ginger, if one morning you found
the Temple Gardens in the Camden Road.
But think how horrible it would be, urged Gypsy, if one morning you
found the Camden Road in the Temple Gardens.
Dont! shuddered Ginger.
Well, thats the risk, you see. You couldnt be sure.
Why does one sound ... | 1,120 |
PG57444 | 12 | Why? said Gypsy.
Because then They come and take the rope away, said the Night
Watchman.
Then he went into his box and sat on his stool and put his telescope to
his eye and glared at the Pole Star. If the Pole Star had had any idea
of side-slipping it abandoned it instantly, and kept as steady as the
Rock of Gibralta... | 1,098 |
PG57444 | 13 | What sort of birds do you let out? asked Ginger.
Every sort, maam. Canaries and parrots and redpoles and
skylarks--yes, maam, Ive known houses as even keeps skylarks in
cages. Once I found a Red Cardinal in Bethnal Green. I hopes he flew
back to South Ameriky, but if not theres warm spots in Hampshire.
Youll have a g... | 1,124 |
PG57444 | 14 | You cant really skip with sausages, said Ginger, giving it up.
Just hand that length over, if youve quite done with it, said Gypsy.
The West Frieze wants completing.
Ill dust them off a bit first, said Ginger. What do the evils cry
for?
Reform, said Gypsy.
Then lets reform them, said Ginger. But we neednt cry along... | 1,103 |
PG57444 | 15 | Then Gypsy groaned, Yet cities could be such beautiful places.
Yes, sighed Ginger, if it werent for the people in the red brick
houses having all the almond trees. People who live in the grey stone
houses ought to have them. But the first almond trees in London
_always_ bloom against red brick.
I know, growled Gypsy,... | 1,076 |
PG57444 | 16 | Why did you do that? asked Ginger.
I didnt, said Gypsy.
Who did, then?
I havent the faintest idea, said Gypsy.
It was only the beginning. Soon his other roofs began to be adorned
with similar statements. A shelter in Kensington inquired:
WHO HAS BEEN CIRCULATING THE FICTION
THAT OLD WEATHER-STAINED TILES... | 1,124 |
PG57444 | 17 | What a tophole idea! said Gypsy.
The credit is not all mine, sir, said the ex-Professor. Let us give
the newspapers their due. Contradicting the Rumour is one of the more
modern accomplishments, and smacks of modern manners; in other days we
should have preferred Dallying with the Notion, but we cannot look for
the ol... | 1,088 |
PG57444 | 18 | Dont be downhearted, said Ginger optimistically; theres always the
other half of mankind, you know.
I am indebted to you, dear madam, said the ex-Professor, for
reminding me of it.
Used you really to teach all these things? asked Gypsy.
For a short while only. I endeavoured to interest the Board of
Education, but fo... | 1,109 |
PG57444 | 19 | And Society ceased to wear Humming-birds in its Hats--this was perhaps
Gingers greatest triumph. It was a stiff battle. After heavy nights
of repudiation she would come back to the Weatherhouse such a rag,
that even her devoted little follower couldnt have sold her at a
penny a pound. But she won at last. She had two s... | 1,162 |
PG57444 | 20 | He took Gypsy by surprise outside a bakers shop in Kentish Town,
opposite a Bus-stop. That night Gypsy was making a round of the
Bus-stops, denying a rumour that Moving Staircases were being
contemplated by the Omnibus Companies to Save the Conductresses Feet.
Gypsy had just let the Regular Policeman go by, and was abo... | 1,083 |
PG57444 | 21 | Lionel mustnt be hurt, said Gypsy. I love Lionel, and if the
pillar-box runs to it Im going to leave a Buszard Cake on his
Winchester Mews doorstep to-morrow. It will be a plum cake with almond
icing, and I shall have it frosted an inch thick, with pink sugar
doves, and LIONEL done on it in silver balls, like bits of q... | 1,038 |
PG57444 | 22 | Oh, sorry, said Lionel. Wot was his misfortune?
Besides his name, he got mislaid last Saturday, and hasnt been seen
since, said Jeremy, and hid his face in his hands.
Lionel went away, delicately leaving his own pocket-handkerchief on
Jeremys knee, and put an advertisement about Albert in the Missing
Column of _The P... | 1,107 |
PG57444 | 23 | But his gentle voice was neither young nor old as he said kindly, What
am I to do with seven pennies, children?
Spend them? suggested Gypsy.
Thats so difficult, said the Piper.
Spin them? suggested Ginger.
Ah, thats easy, said the Piper. And he sat down cross-legged a
little way off on the pavement, and span one of... | 1,020 |
PG57444 | 25 | So sorry to have troubled you, said Gypsy.
Not at all, said Mr. Morley, because the Morley Hotel manners are
faultless. Then he went back to the Hotel, and changed his boots, and
turned on the light in the Reading-Room. And then the sun came out.
So he had to cross the Square again, and he found Ginger outside the
We... | 1,070 |
PG57444 | 26 | Well? said Gypsy.
Sherbert, said Ginger. Packets and packets of it. In the fountains.
In one fountain, said Gypsy, catching on with enthusiasm, and
lemonade crystals in the other.
They went out to spend their pound. While they were absent, the
Piccadilly Flower-Girls came and got to work. In a few minutes the
Square... | 1,113 |
PG57444 | 27 | Dead silence fell upon Trafalgar Square. Only the ex-Professor made
any demonstration, and that was a mute one. Meekly, yet carelessly, he
bowed to right and left.
What are we going to do? whispered Ginger.
The Moonshiners drew together and consulted. The Taxi-Man was for
defying the foe, but Ginger said,
Think of t... | 1,078 |
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