Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . CHAPTER XV BILLY, THE CREDULOUS FTER the advent and disap-pearance of the exciting , Miss Minerva, much to,Billys joy, had a telephone putin the house. He sat in the hall the day itwas put in, waiting for it to ring. Jimmy, coming up on the front porch andthrough the half-open door and seeing himsitting there, rang the door bell just for ajoke, ready to burst into a laugh when theother little boy turned around and saw whoit was. Billy, however, in his eagernessmistook the ring for the telephone bell andjoyfully climbed up on the chair, which hehad
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill . CHAPTER XV BILLY, THE CREDULOUS FTER the advent and disap-pearance of the exciting , Miss Minerva, much to,Billys joy, had a telephone putin the house. He sat in the hall the day itwas put in, waiting for it to ring. Jimmy, coming up on the front porch andthrough the half-open door and seeing himsitting there, rang the door bell just for ajoke, ready to burst into a laugh when theother little boy turned around and saw whoit was. Billy, however, in his eagernessmistook the ring for the telephone bell andjoyfully climbed up on the chair, which hehad stationed in readiness. He took downthe receiver as he had seen Jimmy do in hishome and, without once seeing that little 164 Miss Minerva and boy standing a few feet from him, he yelledat the top of his lungs: Hello! Whoisthatr This is Marie Yarbrough, repliedJimmy from the doorway, instantly recog-nizing Billys mistake. Marie Yarbrough was a little girl muchadmired by the two boys, as she had a ponyand cart of her very own. However,
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