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Updated: June 21, 2025
"But didn't you say the girls were all tomboys now?" "And if I did, d'ye want a body to be singing the same song always? But come, what like is she? When I hear of a lassie I like fine to know her colour first. What's her complexion?" "Guess again." "Is she fair? But what a daft auld dunce I am! to be sure she's fair." "Why, how did you know that, now?" "Pooh!
She knew it was an hallucination, but saw that faith had laid hold of her, as she wished, by the heart, and she sobbed and prayed to the unknown God till a nun heard her groaning. At first her ardor impelled her not only to brave the jeers of her madcap club of harum-scarums and tomboys, but she planned to become a nun, until this feverish longing for a recluse life passed, but left her changed.
He was a stickler for propriety of behaviour among girls; his mother had taught him to despise anything like carrying-on among them, and at twenty he was as severely virginal in his morality as if he had been twelve. People looked back at these tomboys when they had got by; and some shabby young fellows exchanged saucy speeches with them.
He says he knows more tomboys and enormous fat women named 'Grace' and 'Lily, and sweet little mouse-like ladies staggering along under a sonorous 'Jerusha Theodosia' or 'Zenobia Jane'; and that if he should name the boys 'Franz' and 'Felix' after Schubert and Mendelssohn as Marie wants to, they'd as likely as not turn out to be men who hated the sound of music and doted on stocks and dry goods."
It was a society story and the illustration showed the heroine in riding costume. "She looked awfully swagger," related Tess. "Flicking her crop against her boot, and a derby hat and stock-collar and riding-breeches. I think breeches are a lot more swagger than habits." "Do you think they're a little bit indelicate?" ventured Missy, remembering her mother's recent invective against tomboys.
'Nor for tomboys either, said Pert, who did love teasing Sharley whenever he had a chance. 'Jerry's her favourite, said Nan. 'And I think he deserves to be, said her mother. 'I wish he was here to-day, I know that, said Sharley. 'It's such a long time to the holidays, and it won't be so nice this year when they do come, as most likely a boy's coming with Jerry.
"Let the girl run and shout as much as she will it is a sure sign of health, and as natural to a happy child as frisking is to any young animal full of life. Tomboys make strong women usually, and I had far rather find Rose playing football with Mac than puttering over bead-work like that affected midget, Ariadne Blish."
I am mighty glad I haven't got any sister. The boys that have got sisters are in hot water all the time, and have to go home with them from parties, and carry their rubbers to school when it rains, and fight for them if the other boys call them tomboys. Sisters are no good," and the red-headed boy looked smart, as though he had said something Uncle Ike would applaud.
"Helen Alison says the Doctor saw her out in the country riding astraddle. Her mother ought to spank her." Mother looked at Missy sharply. "Don't let me ever hear of YOU doing anything like that!" Missy hung her head, but luckily mother took it for just a general attitude of dejection. "I can't tolerate tomboys." she went on. "I can't imagine what's come over you lately."
"Oh, what fun we did have! We climbed it together. We were dreadful tomboys in those days, dear, you and I: but you were luckier than I was, and didn't cut yourself with the bottle-glass." This was too surprising to be passed over unnoticed. When Minnie was gone, I lay awake and pondered about it. Had all the Moores got scars on their hands, I wondered?
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