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Updated: May 10, 2025
The music had seemed to reach Keineth and her father as though it was all a part of the soft spring air and beauty around them they had scarcely heeded it as they talked! But suddenly a familiar note struck Keineth's ear. She lifted her head quickly. "Oh, listen!" she cried, clutching his arm. "Listen!" "What is it, child?" He was startled by the look on her face. She had sprung to her feet.
There are a great many others men like myself who are going out over the world to work for the Stars and Stripes. And when I have been asked to go on a mission for our country that is very important, even though it takes me very far and keeps me away a very long time, I am sure my loyal little American girl will be the first to bid me go!" Keineth's eyes were quite dry now and were very bright.
"Was my daddy in it?" she demanded in a queer little voice. "Come here, dear," Mrs. Lee held out her hand again, but Keineth did not stir. "Was he in it?" she demanded again. "His name was listed among the passengers sailing from Liverpool, but there may have been a mistake." Keineth's eyes were blazing. She walked to the table. "Please give me that paper, Aunt Nellie!
"You mean my grandmother? That lady you loved was my daddy's mother?" The old man was half laughing, half crying. He held Keineth's arms with his trembling fingers. "Of course the same blue eyes and music! How your grandmother loved music! How her fingers could play, make sounds that'd tear the heart right out of you!" He shook his head. "And she wouldn't have me my money couldn't buy her!
"Oh, please I'd love to show it, only I promised " Then, as Peggy gave no sign of relenting, Keineth walked slowly toward the house with her letter. "I think Keineth's mean to have secrets," and Peggy dug her hoe savagely into the ground. "She acts so mysterious about her father and I'll bet it isn't anything at all!" "But that letter was from the President, I guess!
He turned a frowning face toward Keineth, as though from this twelve-year-old girl he expected help in his perplexity. Keineth's face was aglow. "Could the little home be near Peggy?" Her father nodded. "For a while, anyway." "And could I go to school with Peggy?" "Yes, I want you with your friends." "And you'd have time to play with me?" "Lots of time I'd take it! That was part of my dream."
"In the rain?" asked Keineth, astonished. "Why, of course, silly! Wouldn't we get wet, anyway?" Keineth's face colored. Peggy went on with a toss of her head: "And I simply must practice swimming under water to-day the contest isn't very far off. You can't expect me to help you out to the rock, Ken, you'll have to play in shallow water!" Keineth's soul smarted under this humiliation.
The set stood four to two in Keineth's favor, but their opponents were playing stronger with each game. In the seventh game Billy dropped off shamelessly. He was never quite ready. Before Keineth realized the situation the others had won and won easily! "Billy!" Keineth whispered imploringly. The indifferent look on Billy's face struck terror to her heart. What was the matter with him?
The pretty simple dress she wore had the becoming touch of color that Tante used to think unsuitable, and her fair hair, drawn loosely back from her forehead and fastened with a barrette, hung in heavy waves over her shoulders. At the hotel after breakfast Keineth's father opened his trunk and took from it a box of gifts he had collected from every country he had visited.
Lee did pinch her cheek and say: "You lost your head, didn't you, little sport? If you'd just kept your arms down, now but, if you go exploring strange beaches again you'll remember, won't you?" Peggy and Keineth, moved by a feeling of intense relief, suddenly caught hands under the table. For into both hearts had come the fear that Keineth's mishap might end the swimming for the summer!
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