Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-05-30

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Mary had been nl the poOfhoune about
tive weeks when Miss Grundy one day
ldered her 70 Gle ou her sur'bonnes and
n acTpsa the meadow and through The
onds nnill she rame 70 . rye ashbD'c'
leu follow the footpnth along the fence
ntll she fasne - another strip of woods.
ith brook running through y. Ana
lat % the fur edge of them woods. anin
Ie, -yoa'll see ths men folks 70 work s
"a DO tell EN- @ come 70 their dinner
nlek
L Ma4 IAlla Aesn1eIslhas aax. ana
larry determined not 70 hurry she hed
gone far when she came suddenly
pom boz aud two little Girls. who seem.
20 be playing near the brook ~ the.
atures OF the boy she recognized Henry
lincoln, and remembering what hilly
d said Of him, Ahe was about turning
fay when the smallest o. she girls
Ipied her, nlh called out; Look mere
pse, reckon that's Mary Howard.
p EaiE'S &, speak - iiss. +
Jenny Islucvln. you munln't ao any
leh lhlnG' Mother won't hke " an
yereu the SRI called Rose,
but whether lnother would llke itf q
4, Jenny aA ndl WsQp - think ana
hnk toward Nary she salds NfthvN Fou
me 70 piay ~ the woodsf
ne, waA Mary's reply IA came 70
the folks 20 dinner"
''Oh, y was you that screamed 20 Loud.
couldn's think who u was but y cant
dlnner-timel"
Yes, 'tlsi its noon"
wei, we don't have dinner until x,
We can stay here TIL that time.
ont you play with usy'
mo. can't; ! must 20 back and
ork.' said Mary.
WORK repeated Jenny y thlnk
bad enough 20 have 70 live 10 that
house without WORKING; but come ami
our nAh pond and taking MAM.s
nd, she led her 70 = Wide part % the
feain where the water had been dam
% 20 until i was nearly two feet deep
4 clear - crystal, Looking iIks Mary
hld see the pebbles on the bottom.
bile hsh occasionally darted out and
hn disappeared,
! made this almost nll myself said
my. lienry wcnldn't help me lIp
asa hes e ngiys and RosA was AtFAid
backing her fingers. But don't care.
pther says I'm great--great-~ive We for.
ten the word, but i means dirty and
Feless. and guess ! DO look Ike q
giit, don't ff
Nary now Tor the hrst time noticed the
peaFance of heF companion, and repdl.
guessed that the word which she could
remember Was "slattern," She was
at chubby little girl, with a round,
ny face and laughing blue eyes, while
brown hair hung around her fore
/ IN short, tangled curla. Altogether
was just the kind OF little girl which
often finds IN the country swinging
oates and making mud pies ne
fairy was naturally very neat; and hi
y to Jenny's question as to whether
looked like fright she answered,
IKE your face better than do your
lsp because Il Is clean
why, 50 was my dress this morning.
Jenny, "but there can't anybody play
ne mud and not get dirty"
snny drew nearer 70 Mary and said:
you'll never tell anybody as long as
live and braeathe, III tell you some-
g."
ary gave the required promise, and
eny continued; II shouldn't like 70
my mother know Il, for she scolds
the time now about my vulgar
fea, though I'm sure Rose likes the
sc things that I do. except Billy Benz
and It's about him was going to
you. He was SO pleasant couldn't
loving him, " mother did say
tn't. He used to talk 70 me about
ping clean, and once tried a whole
X, and l only iirtied four dresses IN
that time. Oil how handsome and
my his eyes looked when | told him
Eut II. He took me In his lap, and
that was more than he thought
10 giA ought to dirty. Did you ever
any boy You loved as well as you do
" Bender?"
Iary hesitated moment, for, much
she liked Billy, there was another
bn she loved better, though he had
Ter been one-half as kind to her as
" had. After time she answered
Is, like, or did like, George More
4. but shall never see him again Z,
then she told Jenny OF her home ii
land, Of the long, dreary voyage to
erica, and Of her fathers death; but
she chne 70 tue hhu nlEnt When her