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Then she and Kingston were told that they might drive back to town, to return later for Mrs. Winthrop. Mrs. Lee carried Aunt Josephine off to the tiny guest room while the children flew toward the pantry to make ready the picnic baskets. Vaguely Keineth felt worried, as though, in some way or other, she was to blame for this unwelcome addition to the party.
Tipped back in his chair he listened with a smile; however, he took the roll from her and, opening it, glanced over it indifferently. "Let me play it for you," begged Keineth desperately. He led them into an inner room in the centre of which stood an open grand piano. Keineth went straight to it and began to play. He listened through to the end. "Wait a moment;" he waved her back to the stool.
Lee did her part in the decorating of the club-house and went about with her arms full of gay bunting and her mouth full of pins. And Keineth shared the excitement! For she had qualified in the children's tennis tournament and would play in the doubles and had drawn Billy for her partner! It was her first real contest!
Then they saw her lift her niblick slowly, her head bent; a cloud of sand raised, the ball cleared the bunker's top, dropped upon the green, rolled a few feet and rested within an easy putt of the cup! The gallery applauded. It was a splendid shot, one of the kind that ought to win a match for its player. Even Keineth cried out in generous praise of the play.
"You'll be Peggy's twin," she added, starting up the steps. "Bring in their bags, Billy. Barb let's give Dad a nice hot cup of coffee! Peggy, you make Keineth perfectly at home." Keineth took off her hat and coat. Very willingly Peggy took her in charge. "I'll show you the garden," she said. "Let's go down to the beach!" cried Alice, following. "Do you want to see my wireless set?" invited Billy.
The sunniness of her smile, the firmness of her jaw and the all-understanding warmth of her dark eyes told of the character which made her a leader of others and a spirit beloved among them all. Each new day of the camp life brought to Keineth some new experience, thrilling in its strangeness to the little girl.
At first Keineth felt a little repelled by the girl's rough ways, but gradually she grew to feel that beneath them was a warm, kind heart and that it was, perhaps, shyness that often made Stella's manner disagreeable.
For there on the gravel drive, its high-powered engine snorting and puffing, a rigid, uniformed figure at the wheel, stood Aunt Josephine's bright yellow car! "It's Aunt Josephine!" cried Keineth. "Oh, dear, she'll spoil the fun!" Keineth wished the ground would open wide and swallow her up, so deep was her dismay. Never in her life had she so hated that yellow monster and Kingston's rigid back!
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?
Already her plain serge dress had been hung away and she was in a blouse and bloomers like Peggy's! "I don't know," began Peggy doubtfully. "Oh, please, let me have a ride," broke in Keineth in a voice she tried to make as careless as Billy's own. "We always ride Gypsy bareback climb up here on these boxes!"
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