StNicholas [serial] . tchen. Betty laughed merrily. I love fussing in the kitchen, she said, andI think every girl ought to know how to cook. Atleast she ought to have sense enough to get to-gether a cold luncheon like this when every-thing s provided. Yes, I know; but you ve made everythinglook so pretty. I want to eat dishes and all! Betty dimpled with pleasure at his praise, andthey sat down to the pretty feast, to which theydid full justice. I wonder when the Careys will come, Bettyremarked, as they lingered over the coffee. I wish they d never come, said Hal. Ithink it would be fine if we
StNicholas [serial] . tchen. Betty laughed merrily. I love fussing in the kitchen, she said, andI think every girl ought to know how to cook. Atleast she ought to have sense enough to get to-gether a cold luncheon like this when every-thing s provided. Yes, I know; but you ve made everythinglook so pretty. I want to eat dishes and all! Betty dimpled with pleasure at his praise, andthey sat down to the pretty feast, to which theydid full justice. I wonder when the Careys will come, Bettyremarked, as they lingered over the coffee. I wish they d never come, said Hal. Ithink it would be fine if we were really castaways,and nobody ever came to rescue us. Just likeRobinson Crusoe and his Man Friday. But we have nt any goat, said Betty, laugh- IQIO.] BETTY CRUSOE 915 ing. The goat was one of the principal charac-ters, you know. Well, likely a goat would wander in some say, can you sing? Yes, said Betty, smiling as she thought ofhow she had sung when she first entered thehouse; I sing some songs pretty WHAT ARE YOU DOING?HE SAID TO BETTY. I wager you do. Let s go in by the piano and sing duets. Did nt you hear me singing this morning? I sat down at the piano when I first ; I was out sketching. I only came in the house a few minutes before I found me see your pictures, wont you?Sometime, yes. Let s go and sing , we must clear the table first. It s so untidy to leave it. But you need nt do it; I hateto see a boy doing girls work. Oh, pshaw, it is nt girls work exactly, if youplay you re camping or picnicking or somethinglike that. I m going to help, and you cant stopme ! Hal had begun already to take out the dishes,and Betty gave him a mocksigh, as she said: I dont think my Man Fri-day obeys me as well as hepromised to. Cause I only obey whenI want to, he responded,and in a short time the tabicwas cleared and the food putaway. We wont wash thedishes, said Betty, as shepiled them neatly on the kit-chen table. If Mrs. Careysgoing to bring a
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