. Five little Peppers grown up, a sequel to Five little Peppers midway . at for j^ou. He was fairly Iil4 Pollys kecital. bubbling over with delight, and as he essayedto take the music out of Pollys hand, helaughed again. Dear me, how stupid I am,as a piece fluttered to the floor. And didnt Amy do nicely? asked Pollybeginning to feel a bit tired now. Yes, indeed, assented Jasper enthusiasti-cally, as he recovered the piece. Just splen-didly ! I didnt know she had so much musicin her. Oh, here comes a horde of congratula-tions, Polly. He threw her the brightest ofsmiles as he moved to make way f
. Five little Peppers grown up, a sequel to Five little Peppers midway . at for j^ou. He was fairly Iil4 Pollys kecital. bubbling over with delight, and as he essayedto take the music out of Pollys hand, helaughed again. Dear me, how stupid I am,as a piece fluttered to the floor. And didnt Amy do nicely? asked Pollybeginning to feel a bit tired now. Yes, indeed, assented Jasper enthusiasti-cally, as he recovered the piece. Just splen-didly ! I didnt know she had so much musicin her. Oh, here comes a horde of congratula-tions, Polly. He threw her the brightest ofsmiles as he moved to make way for a groupof friends hurrying up to shower Polly withc-ompliments, and every one had somethingdelightful to add of Charlotte Chattertonssinging. Jas])er couldnt help but be happy overCharlottes singing, said Polly to herself, andlooking after him, its so beautiful, as theycame up. Where are you going, Polly ? calledAlexia at last, when it was all ovei-, and thejanitoi- was closing the big outer door, as Pollyran ahead of the girls and down the long stepsof The TURNED AND WAVED HER MUSIC-ROLL AT THEM. 217 Polly turned and waved her music-roll atthem for a reply. Now somebody is going to carry her off,grumbled Alexia ; hurry up, girls, lets see whoit IS. So they ran as lightly as Polly herself,after her, down the steps, only in time to seeold Mr. King help her into the carriage withMrs. Fisher and Phronsie, and drive rapidly off. Whatever in the world is the matter ?cried Alexia, running up to Jasper who waswatching them speed away. Why, Polly thinks Charlotte is sick, ex-plained Jasper, because she went home beforethe Recital was out. Stuff and nonsense ! exclaimed Alexiaangrily. What is the matter with Polly, Jas-per ? She grows worse and worse. Why cantshe let Charlotte Chatterton alone, pray , for one, should think mischief enough hadbeen done by that girl. You should think mischief enough had beendone by Charlotte ? repeated Jasper in aston-ishment. I m
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