StNicholas [serial] . l me—probably a piece of schoolnews or something similar;otherwise she would nothave rushed in like a tor-nado ; a southeast gale isgenerally sufficient to an-nounce an ordinary piece ofnews. And Mrs. Folsomelaughed as she drew Ger-trude toward her with a ten-der, caressing gesture. No; but really, truly,mama, I have the most ex-citing piece of news to tellthis time, and I just simplyscorched home to tell you all aboutit. I left Alice pedaling away up thehill, but the news was so perfectly splendidthat I had to leave her behind, and comehome as hard as ever I could come.
StNicholas [serial] . l me—probably a piece of schoolnews or something similar;otherwise she would nothave rushed in like a tor-nado ; a southeast gale isgenerally sufficient to an-nounce an ordinary piece ofnews. And Mrs. Folsomelaughed as she drew Ger-trude toward her with a ten-der, caressing gesture. No; but really, truly,mama, I have the most ex-citing piece of news to tellthis time, and I just simplyscorched home to tell you all aboutit. I left Alice pedaling away up thehill, but the news was so perfectly splendidthat I had to leave her behind, and comehome as hard as ever I could come. And now that you are here, why not dis-close it at once, and not keep me in thishorrible suspense ? said her mother, removingGertrudes hat and coat as she talked. Well, I will; and it s just this: Mrs. Col-burn was at the school this morning, andcame into our literature class just as we were reading a sketch of Longfellows life, and weeach had to read some poem of his. Well,Alice Fisher had just read The Bridge, and. NOT LONG AFTERWARD SHE WAS COASTING DOWN THE HILL,IN COMPANY WITH HER BOON COMPANION. (SEE PAGE 291.) she read it beautifully; and then it came myturn, and I read The Childrens Hour. You 290 THE COLBURN PRIZE. [Feb. know how I love it, for it is so like our homethat I always feel as though it were papaand I the poem told about. So I read itjust as I felt it; and when I d finished MissCase said, Very nicely read, Gertrude, andMrs. Colburn asked my name. Was nt Iproud, though! And Gertrude emphasizedher delight by a rap-turous little skip toand fro. That dance is inparenthesis, I sup-pose. And hermother laughed asshe used Gertrudesfavorite word. Oh, well, I canthelp it. The news isso lovely, and I amso glad, that I haveto dance. But nowI 11 go on. So we all readour poems; and someof those girls—well,I m glad I was ntany of them, forthey made just boshof what they felt so ashamed forthem! And was ntI glad you had al-ways been so carefulabout my reading !For
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