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This famous boat-ride only had the effect to make Dotty Dimple more fearless than ever; but her next adventure on the water proved somewhat serious. There was to be a remarkable supper at grandma Parlin's, in honor of Colonel Augustus Allen, who was expected in the cars. There had been a grand excursion to welcome the soldiers, and the stage would probably be very late.
Parlin's neck, wrinkling her collar and tumbling her veil. "Take care, my child," said Mr. Parlin, laughing; "do not crush the bride. Everybody has been coming up to salute her, and you must understand that she does you a great honor to go to you and beg a kiss." "It is just like you, though, mamma. You are so good to me, and so is everybody!
"And here we are, all alive," said she, with tearful eyes, as she tried to put her arms around the three little girls at once. "All alive and well! Let us thank God for that." "I guess I shan't cry much while I have my blessed mother to hold on to," said Prudy, pressing her cheek against Mrs. Parlin's belt-slide.
Their quick-tempered little guest had been a "kill-joy" in spite of her name. But the afternoon was not over yet. What happened next, I will tell you in another chapter. Annie Lovejoy had not been gone fifteen minutes, when there was a sharp ringing of Mrs. Parlin's doorbell, and a little boy gave Norah the red scarf of Susy's, and a note for Mrs. Parlin. Norah suspected they both came from Mrs.
"Sometimes I am afraid Prudy is really becoming naughty and deceitful. I thought once it was only her funny way of playing; but she is getting old enough now to know the difference between truth and falsehood." There was an anxious look on Mrs. Parlin's face. She was a faithful mother, and watched her children's conduct with the tenderest care.
In the first place she was very tired of it, in the second place it was vacation, and in the third place the whole family were going to Willowbrook on a visit. It was very pleasant at grandpa Parlin's at any time. Such a stout swing in the big oil-nut tree! Such a beautiful garden, with a summer-house in it! Such a nice cosy seat in the trees! So many "cubby holes" all about to hide in!
"O, yes, it went in checks; and I was at grandma Parlin's, and Grace Grace O, Grace and I went into the pasture where there were a couple of cows, a gray cow and a red cow." "Now you must say what is couple," says Dotty. "Then what is couple?" "Gray cow," answers Dotty, very gravely. "So when the cows saw us coming, they they O, they threw up their heads, and stopped eating grass in the air.
Parlin's grounds, to the lower end of the garden, where stood some tall silver poplars, on which the Indians had looked with longing eyes. "Me shin them trees," said Wampum; "me make you basket." "Would you let him, Grasshopper?" "Yes, indeed; your grandfather won't care." "Perhaps he might; you don't know," said Horace, who, after he had asked advice, was far from feeling obliged to take it.
Parlin's that evening. It was already dusk, and the large globe lamp, with its white porcelain shade, gave a cheery glow to the pleasant dining-room. First, there was cream-toast, made of the whitest bread, and the sweetest cream. "This makes me think of Mrs. Gray," said Mrs. Clifford, smiling; "I hope she is living yet." "She is," said Margaret, "but twelve years old."
"In the back room, dear, where it always is; and you may wheel it off to-morrow." It had been Mrs. Parlin's custom, once or twice every summer, to allow the children to take the large, heavy rag-bag to the store, and sell its contents for little articles, which they divided among themselves.
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