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THAT apple tree of Aunt Grenertsen’s was too tantalizing! Big, beautiful apples hung there day after day, and nobody ever seemed to think of such a thing as taking one off. Aunt Grenertsen might, for instance, so easily say to old Katrina, her housemaid: “Shake down an apple or two for Johnny Blossom”; but no indeed! Far from it. Never in the world had she suggested anything of the kind, although he had been in there every single day since the apples had begun to turn.,She came and stood behind Patricia, her hands on her shoulders, eager and interested.,CHAPTER VII,Before this happened, however, Captain Acton had called a council of his daughter and the Admiral, and a resolution had been[Pg 417] arrived at of which the nature will appear in a few moments.,“There aren’t many persons with a sewed-on finger tip, are there, mother?” asked John, with some pride.,"What?" The lawyer was on his feet and had his hands on Frank's shoulders.,“The old dam can wait. You did a mighty fine thing for me and I want to know how you managed it.”,"Sure you know I'd tell you if there was anything to tell," replies she, evasively.,"Would you like a fan, Nolly?" says Mona, with a laugh, yet really with a kindly view to rescuing him from his present dilemma. "Do you think you could find me mine? I fancy I left it in the morning-room.",She went on to say, "You stay here for a time and I will go over there to the ghosts' camp and try to bring back some of your relations who are there. If it is possible for me to bring them back, you may return there with them, but on the way you must shut your eyes. If you should open them and look about you, you would die. Then you would never come back. When you come to the camp you will pass by a big lodge and they will ask you, 'Where are you going and who told you to come here?' You must answer, 'My grandmother, who is standing out here with me, told me to come.' They will try to scare you; they will make fearful noises and you will see strange and terrible things, but do not be afraid.",There was again a moment of utter silence, through which broke suddenly Johnny Blossom’s clear little voice:,At last, as she grows weary for wishing for it,—.