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Updated: May 6, 2025
There were two colored servants gliding about the room, and a pretty waiting-maid. "O dear, no cook from Cathay," whispered Kyzie to Edith. "I don't know what you mean." "I mean I wanted a cook from Cathay or Cipango," went on Kyzie, laughing behind her napkin. "I'm going to shake you," said Edith, who suddenly bethought herself that Cathay and Cipango were the old names for China and Japan.
They were talking at home of the new entertainment to be given for Jimmy-boy's benefit, and she was to act a part in it as well as Edith. It was "Jimmy's play," but Jimmy was not to appear in it at all. Kyzie and Edith together were to print the tickets with a pen. There were only ten days in which to prepare for the play called "Granny's Quilting."
On the wall over the desk was a motto made of red pepper berries, only the words were so close together that you could not make them out unless you knew beforehand what they were. "That means, 'Christ is risen," explained Kyzie. "It looks dreadfully, but they didn't want it taken down, I'll make another by and by." There were blackboards on three sides of the room; quite clean they looked now.
The last ones to enter were Nate and Jimmy, followed by Aunt Lucy and her niece arm in arm. "I wonder if Nate is laughing at me for locking the door?" thought Kyzie, not daring to look at him, as she waved her hands and said in a loud voice to be heard above the noise: "All please be seated." Being seated was a work of time; and what a din it made!
I once knew a little boy who stole a chimney right off a house; yet I never heard a word said about putting him in jail! "But here we are at the chamber door. Stand behind me, all of you, in single file." "I don't know so much as I thought I did," said Kyzie to herself. "Joe Rolfe wouldn't be in this room." For Uncle James was knocking at the door of Number Five. "Walk right in," said Mrs.
Well, she's a good girl, yes, she is. I guess she is a good girl," said the first speaker heartily. "My little Henry thinks there's nothing like her. He never learned much of anything till he went to that play-school. He never behaved so well as he does now, never gave me so little trouble at home. She's a good girl." A world of comfort fell on Kyzie.
If her happy thoughts had not been dwelling on the zebra cat just presented her by the "knitting-woman," she would have observed at once that mamma and Kyzie had been "talking secrets"; though she might not have suspected that this had anything to do with the vacation school. "Do hurry along," she added. "I want to show you the funniest sight! I don't believe you've seen Barbara Hale, have you?"
Here Barbara and Lucy appeared upon the veranda, holding Edith's new kitty between them. "We're going. We'll sit together and cut out paper dolls and eat figs under the seat," declared Lucy, never doubting that this would be pleasing news to the young teacher. Before Kyzie had time to say, "Why, Lucy!" little Eddo ran up the steps to ask in haste: "Where's Lucy going? I fink I'll go too."
There had been a very slight one, but he was trying to tease her. "No, oh, no!" she replied, throwing up both hands. "When was it?" "Last night. I'm afraid of 'em myself, and if we get one here to-day you needn't be surprised to see me cut and run right out of the schoolhouse." The children looked at him in alarm. Kyzie could not allow this.
After this the forenoons did not drag; school went on as usual, and Kyzie was glad she had had the courage to go back and "live down" her foolish behavior. When they met in Aunt Vi's room that evening it was decided not to have "Jimmy's play" on the tailings, for that was a place free to all. People would not buy tickets for an entertainment out of doors.
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