. Mary Ware, the Little Colonel's chum . n-tally apologized to the wild-cat for her inhospitablereception, and electrified Norman by an offer tohelp him build a more suitable cage for it than thecoop in which it was confined. Norman, who hadunbounded faith in Marys ability as a carpenter,accepted her offer joyfully. She wasnt like somegirls he had known. When she drove a nail it heldthings together, and whatever she built would bestrong enough to hold any beast he might choose toput in it. Now, if I could get a couple of coyotes and abadger and a fox or two/ he remarked, Id befixed. Mary, who
. Mary Ware, the Little Colonel's chum . n-tally apologized to the wild-cat for her inhospitablereception, and electrified Norman by an offer tohelp him build a more suitable cage for it than thecoop in which it was confined. Norman, who hadunbounded faith in Marys ability as a carpenter,accepted her offer joyfully. She wasnt like somegirls he had known. When she drove a nail it heldthings together, and whatever she built would bestrong enough to hold any beast he might choose toput in it. Now, if I could get a couple of coyotes and abadger and a fox or two/ he remarked, Id befixed. Mary, who was sorting over a pile of old boardsback of the woodshed, paused in alarm. It strikes me, young man, she said, a trifle sar-castically, that the more some people get the morethey want. Your wishes seem to be on the JacksBean-stalk scale. They grow to reach the sky in asingle night. Suppose you did have those things,you wouldnt be satisfied. It would be a zebra anda giraffe and a jungle tiger next. No, it wouldnt, he declared. I wouldnt. WHEN SHE DROVE A. NAIL IT HELD THINGS TOGETHER.
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