New-York tribune., 1920-12-05
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a. knees. while Florence made some
~,rv necessary adjustments of her
y, sttire. Who were they"
Il. was ny own cousin, Herbert
,.uater. and that nasty little Henry
.,,,sr and 5hcir gang. Herbert
,s,pks he hass "a act perfectly hor-
.gs. now his voice is changing ?"
sS Florence. her emotion not
.s,.s6. Tried TO stead this whole
>. cream freezer II the back porch
| .,5 sneak il over the terce and eat
r. s.acA 3 pretty long pin in
a,rae7 ani two more Of EN-. every
s. IS lar as it would go" And in
r. extremity Of her indignation she
..ocsinsly added, The dirty dogs"
~Did they hurt you"
you bet Your life they didn't"
- stirred child responded. Tried
- drag ME back 10 the house. che
u.:sred q laugh which only her lack
s.: wears prevented from being truly
a-ionsc BY the feet l guess I
ssge en- enough a thct' :"
Then tuesing the urostrate
freeze ;c,o an upright position. she
exclaimed dark.y: Il expect | gave
de Mister Herbert and some Of the
oilers a en- just q feie kicks they
ven. be in such q hurry to forget
And in spite Of his own gloomy CON
d;.:or, Noble was able, upon think
ng ever matters. TO spare some com
miseraaou for Herbert Atwater and
lis friend. nasty little Hendy Rooter
snd their gang. They seemed to
have beer BADLY outclassed.
Il suppose I'd better carry the
freezer back 70 the kitchen porch. .
ne said. Somebody may want it,
"Sorebody'," Florence exclaimed
Why, there's only TWO Of these big
f-eezers. and i l hadn't happened
tc suspecA somep'm and be layin' for
those vile thieves, half the party
wouldn'- ge. any" And as an after
thought when Noble had pantinglv
restored the heavy freezer TO lis
piace By the kitchen door, she said:
"Or else they'd hsd to have such
Httlc saueers Of it nobody would of
been az way Ike satisfied, and
oro0gy ai the family that's here
sssisting would Of had TO go without
any at all That'd Of been the
worst OF il
CHE opened the kitchen door. and
= to those within explained loudly
wha, dangers had been averted.
directing that both freezers he
placed indoors under guard; ,aen
Dris.ly rejoined Noble, VINO vas
waking slowly back 70 the front
yard. She had grown calmer. and q
FINANCING temperament. natural to
her was beginning to assert itself.
Possl5'y. too. some influence Of the
movies might be traced in her
rev mood.
q guess its pretty lucky you
happened 10 be hangin' around out
Aere.' she said. and. as the recent
fac-s became rapidly obscured by
ne view Of them which she found
Il pleasant to take, sne continued
4 guess that's about the luckiest
king ever happened to me. The
way !. looks TO ne, guess you
saved ny lie. If you hadn't chased
an away ! wouldn't been a bit sur
9rised : that gang would Of killed
ne"
~ot. no." SAID Noble. smiling.
"They rolldu't"-
You don't know en- Ike I d."
ne romantic child assured him. q
Know tha- gang pretty well, and I
Touldn't been a BIT surprised. I
vouldn'- ore Bit
She tossed her head, signifying
rec1lessne Guess 'twouldr't make
nueh difference 70 anybody particu-
ar whether they did or not" said
tais stra - Florence.
Noole regarded her with astonish-
ment. Trey had reached the front
yard and paused under the trees
Where -he darkness was nitigated
By the '.gnt from the shining win
d'ws. Why. YOU oughtn't to talk
'hat va, Florence, i" he said. Think
q your mamma and papa and your
~-ane your aunt julia"
She tossed her head again. "Pooi,
Iaey'd all Of en- Just say Good
raoons % bad RUBBISH, / guess"
Ho"ever, she seemed far from de
sNndeat aoout This; in fact, she
vas pleased not only With her posi-
'on - Z young giri saved from the
p'"er = rufians By rescuer in
z@auine evening dress, out also with
ne ability she was showing 10 con-