Splash went a big drop just on the exact tip of Laura Jordon's pretty, rather upturned nose. She put her hand to the drop to be sure she had not been mistaken, then turned in dismay to her companions. "Girls," she cried, "it's raining "
Splash went a big drop just on the exact tip of Laura Jordon's pretty, rather upturned nose. She put her hand to the drop to be sure she had not been...
"Aren't you glad that we are only going back to school for a little while?" cried Billie Bradley, as she gave a little exultant skip. "Suppose it were fall and we were beginning high-" "Billie, stop it," commanded Laura Jordon, turning a pair of very blue and very indignant eyes upon her chum. "I thought we were going to forget school for a little while." "Well, we're not going back for anything I forgot," Billie was asserting when Violet Farrington, the third of the trio, interposed: "If you two are going to quarrel on a day like this, I'm going home." "Who said we were quarreling?" cried...
"Aren't you glad that we are only going back to school for a little while?" cried Billie Bradley, as she gave a little exultant skip. "Suppose it were...
"Oh, Dad, I can't believe it's true " In the rather dim light of the gloomy old room the boys and girls looked queer-almost ghostly. They were gathered about a shabby old trunk, and beside this trunk a man was kneeling. As Billie Bradley spoke, the man, who was her father, rose to his feet and thoughtfully brushed the dust from his clothes. Then he stood looking down at the hundreds and hundreds of postage stamps and old coins that filled the queer old trunk.
"Oh, Dad, I can't believe it's true " In the rather dim light of the gloomy old room the boys and girls looked queer-almost ghostly. They were gathere...
Click click click went three pairs of skates as three snugly-dressed girls fairly flew along the frozen surface of the lake. "Isn't it glorious?" cried the laughing, brown-eyed one, who was no other than Billie Bradley, as she threw back her head and sniffed the crisp, cold air. "Who ever heard of the lake freezing over in the middle of November? And the ice is pretty solid, too."
Click click click went three pairs of skates as three snugly-dressed girls fairly flew along the frozen surface of the lake. "Isn't it glorious?" c...