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“No, no, the Fo’castle! I—Here they come!” Billy set down some cups with dangerous haste and ran out. Mrs. Wopp drew the green curtains together and turned to the smallest girl in the class. CHAPTER XI.—JONAH AND THE WHALE..
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“My poor lamb, my little darling,” she said, speaking with difficulty, “There are so many lynxes in the woods, and he’s so afraid of them. If he meets one he’ll die of fright.”I tried logging in using my phone number and I
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“Yes; but I’m afraid my papa’s dead, he’s been gone so long.” How she hated that word “kid.”
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There was a stir in the room. His mother stood—May Nell, too—and the cat stretched lazily on the couch. Sister Edith followed the guests to the porch, as did his mother and the little girl—the room was empty! He opened the kitchen door, tried to hasten noiselessly, yet thought he clattered like a threshing machine. Into the living-room he crept, and lumbered softly up the stairs that seemed a mile long. “I don’t give two whoops ef he does,” Betty was bubbling with suppressed mirth. The next day was spent in sight seeing but visions of neglected poultry and cows haunted the anxious housewife, and notwithstanding the expostulations of Moses they started home that evening. The travellers passed on; he righted his wheel and began his slow, painful way home. It was still cloudy and the welcome darkness setting in early, shrouded him as he slipped down the least public streets and alleys to his own side gate. He put his wheel away, fed his chickens,—though they had gone to roost,—went to the cellar and brought meat and milk for dog and cats, and reconnoitred the way to the Fo’castle..
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