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"We girls, too?" cried Nellie. "Be a sport, Nell, and come along," urged Jess Morse. "We'll be in sight and call of each other all the time." Which was true enough, as they soon discovered. Lil said it was her turn to help do the camp work. And of course neither Mrs. Morse nor Liz could go. "Don't you think," Purt asked, seriously, "that one of us ought to remain here and defend er the camp?"
Why! it seemed as though the dog must have been trained for just that trick. He never missed a bite! When his appetite was satisfied the mongrel began to try to attract Purt's attention. Every time Purt reached for anything, the Barnacle's cold, wet nose was right there! It was a plain case of "love at first sight," as Bobby remarked.
She and her friends laid the plans for the novel fete on this Saturday after Laura's pie baking and after they had discussed the possibility of Prettyman Sweet being the guilty person whose car had run down the strange man now at the Centerport Hospital. They put pies and poetry, and even Purt Sweet, aside, to discuss Laura's idea.
Lily Pendleton's opinion had weight with Pretty Sweet. He sat down, gloomy and breathless, and tried to ignore the Barnacle. The latter sat on his tail all through the alfresco meal, directly behind Purt. The dude gave him no attention; but the other boys threw pieces of meat and sweet crackers into the air for the Barnacle to catch. Could he catch them?
Purt set off on a run. He did not know how soon that rope might break! He reached the dock just after the girls, who had arrived breathless with laughter, and full of the tale of Purt Sweet's new friend. "Where is he?" was the chorus that welcomed Purt. "I I got rid of him," panted Purt. "Sure?" laughed Chet, as they began to cast off. "I I hope so," returned the worried Purt.
"Why," Jess Morse said, "he got a codfish down at the market and wrapped it up in a lot of paper and put it in a long, beautifully decorated Christmas box. If Purt Sweet keeps that box without opening it until Christmas, I am afraid the Board of Health will be making inquiries about the Sweet premises." "You scamp!" exclaimed Laura sternly, to Short and Long.
I been wearin' earbobs purt nigh all my life. "The Ku Klux never bothered us. They never come nigh our house no time. Pa died and Ma married a old man. They stayed in the same place a while. When Pa died he had cattle and stock that why I don't know if he got somepin at Freedom. He had plenty. There was three lady teachers. I think a man. One of the white teachers boarded at my Ma's.
This was the first time she had mentioned the subject since I'd been back, an' I hadn't thought she dwelt on it any more; but I saw now that it lay close up to her heart, an' was the one thing she never could ride away from. "I'm purt' nigh fifteen," she went on. "Fifteen is a goodly age," I sez, but not sarcastic.
"Put your half dollar under the mug and see if I can't," chuckled the auburn-haired youth. Thus urged, Purt did as agreed. He placed a half dollar on the table, and carefully covered it with an inverted mug that he had been drinking milk from. Everybody was interested now and was watching the proceedings. "Better put a napkin over it, Purt," advised Reddy. "For I'm going to fool you a whole lot!"
"It was Purt's shanks in those green socks that attracted the dog. I suppose the poor dog was hungry, and a hungry dog will go far for a bone, you know." Purt was hurrying to get his Duchess under way, and he was so glad of getting rid of the dog that he did not mind the boys' chaffing. Suddenly a wild yell arose from some of the boys on the dock. "What's this? See who's come!" yelled Billy Long.
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