. St. Nicholas [serial] . RHAUV for action. by HELEN FOLSOM, AGE 14(SILVER BADGE) MAKING THE BEST OF IT BY PHYLLIS HARROUN (AGE 17) (Silver Badge) Pedro had an inspiration. It was an unusual thing forPedro, but unusual circumstances had prompted must have three centavos. That morning he hadbroken the water-carriers oUa, and the irate man hadgiven him one day to pay for it. He had conceived thenovel idea of taking in washing. He had often watchedhis mother pounding clothes on the flat rocks in thearroyo and it did not look hard, so he set out for thehouse of Major Roberts, the one white m
. St. Nicholas [serial] . RHAUV for action. by HELEN FOLSOM, AGE 14(SILVER BADGE) MAKING THE BEST OF IT BY PHYLLIS HARROUN (AGE 17) (Silver Badge) Pedro had an inspiration. It was an unusual thing forPedro, but unusual circumstances had prompted must have three centavos. That morning he hadbroken the water-carriers oUa, and the irate man hadgiven him one day to pay for it. He had conceived thenovel idea of taking in washing. He had often watchedhis mother pounding clothes on the flat rocks in thearroyo and it did not look hard, so he set out for thehouse of Major Roberts, the one white man in the littleborder town, accompanied by his dog, Juana MariaJose Cabeza de Yaca, otherwise Juan. My mother, she send me for the washing, he pre-varicated at the door. He set the basket on his head and marched proudlydown to the arroyo, where his troubles began. Nomatter how he worked, the clothes remained a dirty. a heading for September. by anne rorert Wright, age 14 (SILVER ) gray. Finally, he piled them all in the basket andspread the cleanest, a night-dress, over the top. Ashepicked up his load, Juan caught the trailing sleeve ofthe gown in his teeth and started for parts unknown,with Pedro after him. As they rounded a corner, thedog found himself almost under the feet of a big, blackhorse, with the white senora from the majors house onhis back. The frightened animal shied and broke intoa run. Pedro clutched at the reins and brought him to a stop. When it was all over, the senora happened tosee the remains of her night-dress. Pedro explained. There was nothing else to do. Juan, said Pedro, later, as he demolished the lastof the sweetmeat sellers wares and watched the water-carriers nev/ olla come down the street on top of thelittle man, these Americanos, they have hearts ofgold! THE SONG OF THE RIVER BY VIRGINLV HELENE CUMMINGS (.-VGE lo) {Silver Badge)A MERRY little river once sang i
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