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Updated: May 2, 2025
"Sprite, you're just beautiful," declared Peter in frank admiration. "What was the reason I didn't see you up in the Old Orchard with your cousins?" "Because I wasn't there," was Sprite's prompt reply as he flitted about, quite unable to sit still a minute. "I wasn't there because I like the Green Forest better, so I came straight here."
"Oh, yes," said Sprite, "and I'll do that before I go to sleep to-night, and post it early to-morrow morning." Then, for a long time, she read the fascinating story. Just as she closed the book she realized that the train was slowing down. The conductor was coming toward her. What was the brakeman saying? "The next station will be Avondale!" he shouted, and little Sprite's heart beat faster.
Then seeing Sprite's look of surprise, she decided to enlarge her story. "I guess there must have been a thousand, now I think of it," she said. "Papa paid twenty dollars a piece for them, and maybe it was more than that. I'm not quite sure." Sprite made no comment. "And I planted one of the bushes, and I'll tell you something real funny about it," Gwen said.
"Oh, the coachman will take care of those. We'll get seated so as to reach home in just no time. I can't wait to take you to mamma." The color brightened in Sprite's dimpled cheeks.
"Oh, how you frightened me!" she cried, as Gwen peeped impudently right into her face. "Mustn't be a 'fraidie cat'!" she cried, then "Here! I'll pick up your flowers." With haste she snatched the flowers from the sidewalk, and thrusting them into Sprite's hand, she said: "This is where I live. Come in. I want to know you. My name is Gwen Harcourt. What's yours?"
Sprite's truthful eyes were looking straight into Gwen's bold blue ones. "Are you sure that happened?" she asked. "Well, what do you s'pose?" Gwen asked pertly, and then, without waiting for a reply she caught Sprite's hand and hurried with her into the great hall. "I brought you in here to show you the pictures," she said, pointing to the family portraits that adorned the walls.
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