. St. Nicholas [serial]. swim all right, I see, Fredsaid to the guest. Oh yes. She acknowledged his praise indif-ferently. I can do all the stunts—in salt ve never been in fresh before. Dont stay in too long, he cautioned. Thereaction is slower in coming and there s not somuch of it. No danger of our staying in long this morn-ing, said Pat. Theres the five-minute dear! groaned she. If it did nt take metwo whole minutes to get into the water, I dhave longer to stay when I m here. See thatlog? I 11 race you to it and then I 11 race you backto shore. Be careful not to wet your hai
. St. Nicholas [serial]. swim all right, I see, Fredsaid to the guest. Oh yes. She acknowledged his praise indif-ferently. I can do all the stunts—in salt ve never been in fresh before. Dont stay in too long, he cautioned. Thereaction is slower in coming and there s not somuch of it. No danger of our staying in long this morn-ing, said Pat. Theres the five-minute dear! groaned she. If it did nt take metwo whole minutes to get into the water, I dhave longer to stay when I m here. See thatlog? I 11 race you to it and then I 11 race you backto shore. Be careful not to wet your hair. Theresno time to dry it this raced, and Pat won both lengths by a IQ2I] KIT, PAT, AND A FEW BOYS 801 stroke or two. She won also in the sprint to thetent which followed, but Katherine managed todress faster. Bright-eyed, and glowing from theexertion, the two slipped into their seats at thebreakfast-table before the johnny-cake had fin-ished its first round. Never, Katherine thought, had anything tasted. KATHERINE NIBBLED THE END OF HER PEN REFLECTIVELY so good as that johnny-cake, unless it was thebacon and eggs which accompanied it. Noncommittally she lent an ear to the boystalk. I say, Ruffles, did you salt away that extrawood before you hiked for the milk this morning?Me? What do you take me for?Where is it then?Where you left it last night, I guess. Thats just where it is nt. Not a stick of it all up, did nt we?Here Fred joined the discussion. There werethree or four good chunks left after I put some onthe fire at bedtime. Hedgehogs, suggested Nick. They 11 eat akeg of nails, if you give em time. No hedgehog ate allthat wood, declaredPhil. Sleep well? AuntIda tossed the questionacross the table toKatherine. As well as most first-nighters, thank you. Which is generallynot a wink, interpo-lated Fred. The girl met his quiz-zical look smilingly. Patcan tell you she had hardwork waking me thismorning. I should say I had,laughed Pat. I couldnt seem to
Size: 1347px × 1855px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordodgemar, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookyear1873
