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While the boy stared the girl looked upon him calmly. A lunch basket stood beside her, and she held a dainty sandwich in one hand and a hard boiled egg in the other, eating with an evident appetite that aroused Tip's sympathy. WHILE THE BOY STARED THE GIRL LOOKED UPON HIM CALMLY A LUNCH BASKET STOOD BESIDE HER AND SHE HELD A DAINTY SANDWICH IN ONE HAND AND A HARD BOILED EGG IN THE OTHER EATING WITH AN EVIDENT APPETITE THAT AROUSED TIP'S SYMPATHY
ack and the Saw-Horse that he walked a full half the distance to the Emerald City without stopping to rest. Then he discovered that he was hungry and the crackers and cheese he had provided for the Journey had all been eaten. While wondering what he should do in this emergency he came upon a girl sitting by the roadside. She wore a costume that struck the boy as being remarkably brilliant: her silken waist being of emerald green and her skirt of four distinct colors—blue in front, yellow at the left side, red at the back and purple at the right side. Fastening the waist in front were four buttons—the top one blue, the next yellow, a third red and the last purple. [Illustration: image100] The splendor of this dress was almost barbaric; so Tip was fully justified in staring at the gown for some moments before his eyes were attracted by the pretty face above it. Yes, the face was pretty enough, he decided; but it wore an expression of discontent coupled to a shade of defiance or audacity. LT TP WAS SO ANXIOUS TO REJOIN HIS MAN JACK AND THE SAW HORSE THAT HE WALKED A WHOLE HALF THE DISTANCE TO THE EMERALD CITY WITHOUT STOPPING TO REST THEN HE DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS HUNGRY AND THE CRACKERS AND CHEESE HE HAD PROVIDED FOR THE JOURNEY HAD ALL BEEN EATEN WHILE WONDERING WHAT HE SHOULD DO IN THIS EMERGENCY HE CAME UPON A GIRL SITTING BY THE ROADSIDE SHE WORE A COSTUME THAT STRUCK THE BOY AS BEING REMARKABLY BRILLIANT HER SILKEN WAIST BEING OF EMERALD GREEN AND HER SKIRT OF FOUR DISTINCT COLORS BLUE IN FRONT YELLOW AT THE LEFT SIDE RED AT THE BACK AND PURPLE AT THE RIGHT SIDE FASTENING THE WAIST IN FRONT WERE FOUR BUTTONS THE TOP ONE BLUE THE NEXT YELLOW A THIRD RED AND THE LAST PURPLE THE SPLENDOR OF THIS DRESS WAS ALMOST BARBARIC SO TIP WAS FULLY JUSTIFIED IN STARING AT THE GOWN FOR SOME MOMENTS BEFORE HIS EYES WERE ATTRACTED BY THE PRETTY FACE ABOVE IT YES THE FACE WAS PRETTY ENOUGH HE DECIDED BUT IT WORE AN EXPRESSION OF DISCONTENT COUPLED TO A SHADE OF DEFIANCE OR AUDACITY
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