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Marjorie often wished one of them had been a girl, but at the same time, she enjoyed her unique position of being the only girl in the crowd. The boys deferred to her as to a princess, and she ruled them absolutely. Of course the senior Craigs and Maynards became good friends also, and the two ladies especially spent many pleasant hours together.
Aloud he continued, "I wired to the Khedivial and to all the other hotels there are just a few and she isn't registered there, and the Maynards are not, either." "Possibly staying with friends," said Falconer indifferently. He regarded his paper. "Very few Americans have friends in Alexandria. However, that might be so.
The guests went away with a box of treasure under one arm and a Noah's ark under the other, and they all declared, as they said good-bye, that it was the nicest party they had ever seen, and they wished the Maynard children lived at their Grandmother's all the year around. All of the Maynards were sorry when the time came to leave Grandma Sherwood's.
And, sure enough, after some searching, they came suddenly upon three boys who sat, shaking with laughter, upon a pile of wood. The two Maynards glared at them rather angrily, upon which the three again went off in peals of laughter. "That's our wood!" began King, aggressively. "Sure it is!" returned the biggest boy, still chuckling. "What did you bring it over here for?" "Just for fun!"
The big balloons made much fun as they bobbed about in the air, and when the feast was over, the guests went away declaring that the Jinks Club had never had a prettier party. When Mr. Maynard came home that night he was treated to an account of the whole affair, but as two or three of the little Maynards often talked at once, the effect was sometimes unintelligible.
Corey agreed to all this, expressed great chagrin that Hester had acted so rudely, and promised to talk to the child and try to induce a better spirit of kindness and good comradeship. And Cousin Jack went away, feeling that he had served the little Maynards a good turn, if it had been a difficult and unpleasant duty to perform.
But when at last it came whirring up the drive, the assembled Maynards on the veranda greeted it with shouts of approval. "Did you ever see such a beauty!" cried Marjorie, as she danced around the new car, and clambering up on the farther side, jumped over the closed door, and fell plump into one of the cushioned seats. "Oh, Mopsy!" cried her father, "that isn't the way to get in."
In the Maynards' side yard at Rockwell, a swingful of children was slowly swaying back and forth. The swing was one of those big double wooden affairs that hold four people, so the Maynards just filled it comfortably. It was a lovely soft summer day in the very beginning of June; the kind of day that makes anybody feel happy but a little bit subdued.
The conductor couldn't be seen until afternoon, as his run was a long one, and his home far away. "I can't understand it," said King, as they walked homeward; "and I can't believe it. If Midget went to New York alone, she had lost her mind, that's all." But when they reached home, they found the Maynards quite hopeful.
Now, my dears, I know it's vacation, but you really ought to study a little each day, to keep your minds from rusting out." This was a favorite speech of Mrs. Maynard's, and as King quoted it, with a twinkle in his eye, it was recognized at once, at least, by the four Maynards. "All right," cried Marjorie, dancing about in excitement, "sit in a row, children. Why, Ed, your hands are a sight!
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