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"Allow me," spoke the man, and with a bow he handed the missing lunch to Betty. The girls said afterward that her hand did not tremble a bit as she accepted it. And then the Little Captain did something most unexpected. ALLOW ME SPOKE THE MAN AND WITH A BOW HE HANDED THE MISSING LUNCH TO BETTY THE GIRL SAID AFTERWARD THAT HER HAND DID NOT TREMBLE A BIT AS SHE ACCEPTED IT AND THEN THE LITTLE CAPTAIN DID SOMETHING MOST UNEXPECTED
uldn't? Watch me!" The man was still standing there, looking at the valise as if in doubt whether or not to open it. Betty with a glance at her chums walked on. They followed. "That--that's ours, if you please," said Betty. Her voice was weaker than she had thought it would be, and quite wobbly, too. Her knees, she confessed later, were in the same state. But she presented a brave front. "That--that's our lunch," she added, swallowing a lump in her throat. The man--he certainly looked like a tramp, as far as his clothes were concerned, but his face was clean--turned toward the girls with a smile. "Your lunch!" he exclaimed, and his voice was not unmusical, "how fortunate!" He did not say whether it was fortunate for them--or himself. "We--we forgot it. We left it here," explained Mollie. "That is, I left it here." "That is--unfortunate," said the man. "It seems--it seems to be a fairly substantial lunch," and he moved the bag up and down. "It ought to be--for four of us," breathed Amy.  ON AND I'LL MAKE HIM GIVE IT BACK BETTY CRIED AMY YOU'D NEVER DARE I WOULDN'T WATCH ME THE MAN WAS STILL STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE VALISE AS IF IN DOUBT WHETHER OR NOT TO OPEN IT BETTY WITH A GLANCE AT HER CHUMS WALKED ON THEY FOLLOWED THAT'S OURS IF YOU PLEASE SAID BETTY HER VOICE WAS WEAKER THAN SHE HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AND QUITE WOBBLY TOO HER KNEES SHE CONFESSED LATER WERE IN THE SAME STATE BUT SHE PRESENTED A BRAVE FRONT THAT THAT'S OUR LUNCH SHE ADDED SWALLOWING A LUMP IN HER THROAT THE MAN HE CERTAINLY LOOKED LIKE A TRAMP AS FAR AS HIS CLOTHES WERE CONCERNED BUT HIS FACE WAS CLEAN TURNED TOWARD THE GIRLS WITH A SMILE YOUR LUNCH HE EXCLAIMED AND HIS VOICE WAS NOT UNMUSICAL HOW FORTUNATE HE DID NOT SAY WHETHER IT WAS FORTUNATE FOR THEM OR HIMSELF WE WE FORGOT IT WE LEFT IT HERE EXPLAINED MOLLY THAT IS I LEFT IT HERE THAT IS UNFORTUNATE SAID THE MAN IT SEEMS IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL LUNCH AND HE MOVED THE BAG UP AND DOWN IT OUGHT TO BE FOR FOUR OF US BREATHED AMY
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