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"Thank you very much for the sandwiches," said Tip, as he trotted along. "May I ask your name?" "I am General Jinjur," was the brief reply. "Oh!" said the boy surprised. "What sort of a General?" THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SANDWICHES SAID TIP AS HE TROTTED ALONG MAY I ASK YOUR NAME I AM GENERAL GINGER WAS THE BRIEF REPLY OH SAID THE BOY SURPRISED WHAT SORT OF A GENERAL
ession of discontent coupled to a shade of defiance or audacity. 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. He was just about to ask a share of the luncheon when the girl stood up and brushed the crumbs from her lap. “There!” said she; “it is time for me to go. Carry that basket for me and help yourself to its contents if you are hungry.” Tip seized the basket eagerly and began to eat, following for a time the strange girl without bothering to ask questions. She walked along before him with swift strides, and there was about her an air of decision and importance that led him to suspect she was some great personage. Finally, when he had satisfied his hunger, he ran up beside her and tried to keep pace with her swift footsteps—a very difficult feat, for she was much taller than he, and evidently in a hurry. DED BUT IT WORE AN EXPRESSION OF DISCONTENT COUPLED TO A SHADE OF DEFIANCE OR AUDACITY 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 HE WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK A SHARE OF THE LUNCHEON WHEN THE GIRL STOOD UP AND BRUSHED THE CRUMBS FROM HER LAP THERE SHE SAID IT IS TIME FOR ME TO GO CARRY THAT BASKET FOR ME AND HELP YOURSELF TO ITS CONTENTS IF YOU ARE HUNGRY TIP SEIZED THE BASKET EAGERLY AND BEGAN TO EAT FOLLOWING FOR A TIME THE STRANGE GIRL WITHOUT BOTHERING TO ASK QUESTIONS SHE WALKED ALONG BEFORE HIM WITH SWIFT STRIDES AND THERE WAS ABOUT HER AN AIR OF DECISION AND IMPORTANCE THAT LED HIM TO SUSPECT SHE WAS SOME GREAT PERSONAGE FINALLY WHEN HE HAD SATISFIED HIS HUNGER HE RAN UP BESIDE HER AND TRIED TO KEEP PACE WITH HER SWIFT FOOTSTEPS A VERY DIFFICULT FEAT FOR SHE WAS MUCH TALLER THAN HE AND EVIDENTLY IN A HURRY
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