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Updated: May 25, 2025
He set Jamie down, and, all unconscious of the little drama being played round his young life, the child stretched out a chubby hand in the direction of the soap-box he and his sister had been playing with. "'Piders," he observed laconically. Vada rushed past him to inspect their treasures, her tears already dried into streaks on her dirty little cheeks.
Jamie and Vada paused only till the grown-up eyes were turned in their direction, then their chorus broke out in one breath. "We got fi' 'piders " "An' two bugs!" The important information was fairly shrieked, to the accompaniment of dancing eyes and flushed cheeks. Jessie gasped. But her emotion was not at the news so rudely broken. It was the breaking of the spell which had held her.
"Momma ain't back," said Vada, her eyes round and wondering. "She'll be right along presently," lied Sunny. "'Ess," declared Jamie, "an' an' we go find 'piders an' an' bugs." Vada nodded. "Lots an' lots." "That's to-morrow," said Sunny, taking his cue wonderingly. "Poppa ain't back neither," protested Vada. "He's gone visitin'," said Sunny. "Maybe he'll be late.
"They've runned away," cried Vada, peering into the box. "Me don't like 'piders," murmured Jamie definitely. Vada's great brown eyes filled with tears. Fresh rivulets began to run down the muddy channels on her downy cheeks. Her disappointment found vent in great sobbing gulps. Jamie stared at her in silent speculation. Then one little fat hand reached out and pushed her.
"Momma do hoss-ridin'," replied Jamie, forestalling his sister for once. "Yes," added Vada. "She gone ridin'. An' they'll come an' take us wher' ther's heaps an' heaps o' 'piders, an' an' bugs an' things. He said so sure." "He? Who?" They had reached the hut and Scipio set Jamie on the ground as he put his question.
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