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"Of course. And Trouble, too. It'll do you all good. I wish Dick could come, too," went on Grandpa Martin, speaking of Ted's father, who had gone from Cherry Farm for a few days to attend to some matters at a store he owned in the town of Cresco. "But Dick says he'll be too busy. So I guess the Curlytops will have to go camping with grandpa," added the farmer, smiling.
You'll come, too, and so will Dick when he comes back from Cresco. We'll take Nora along to do the cooking. Will you come, Mother?" and the Curlytops' grandfather looked at his gray-haired wife. "No, I'll stay on Cherry Farm and feed the hired men," she answered with a smile. "Why do they call it Star Island?" asked Ted's mother.
Let us hope nothing has happened to the Elder. I'll go see to-morrow, and if he is unable to come I'll see Brother Wheat, of Cresco. After prayer by Brother Jennings, we will adjourn till to-morrow night. Brother Jennings, will you lead us in prayer?" "Where's Pill?" demanded a voice in the back part of the room. "That's what I want to know."
As his thoughts ran on, his fury came back, and he hammered and groaned and cursed as he tossed to and fro on his bed, determined to go back where the American ideas still held back to the democracy of Lodi and Cresco. These spring days were days of growth to the young man. He grew older and more thoughtful, and seldom joked with the other men.
Daddy Martin wrote from Cresco, where he was looking after his store, that he would soon be back at Cherry Farm, and then he would come out to the camp and spend a week. The Curlytops played all the games they knew. They took long rides with Nicknack, and often Trouble went with them. But it was not all play. Mrs.
Then came the last day in Cresco that is the last day for some time for the Curlytops. The house was closed, Nora going to stay with friends. Skyrocket, the dog, and Turnover, the cat, were sent to kind neighbors, who promised to look after them. Bob had already started to take care of Nicknack. "All aboard!" called the conductor of the train the Curlytops and the others took. "All aboard!"
The summer and fall passed and Ted and Janet went home to Cresco, where they lived, to spend the winter. What happened then is told in the third volume, called "The Curlytops Snowed In." The big storm was so severe that no one could get out and even Nicknack was lost wandering about in the big drifts. The Curlytops had a good time, even if they were snowed in.
Anyhow I'll stay with you." The Curlytops were talking as they sat together in the railroad car which was being pulled rapidly by the engine out toward the big West, where Uncle Frank's ranch was. In the seat behind them was Mother Martin, holding Trouble, who was asleep, while Daddy Martin was also slumbering. It was quite a long ride from Cresco to Rockville, which was in Montana.
Pill settled up his affairs, and moved to Cresco, where he went back into trade with a friend, and for three years attended silently to his customers, lived down their curiosity and studied anew the problem of life. Then he moved away, and no one knew whither. One day, last year, Bacon met Jennings on the road. "Heerd anything o' Pill lately?" "No; have you?" "Waal, yes.
"Me go, too! Me like engines," murmured Trouble, who had also spilled a little milk on himself. "He thinks we're talking about engines the kind that pull this train!" laughed Ted. "I don't believe he ever saw a real Indian." "No, Indians do not walk the streets of Cresco," said Mrs. Martin. "But finish your suppers, children. Others are waiting to use the table and we must not keep them too long."