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They came to a little brook that ran under the road, and not far from it a roadside spring bubbled up. Their collapsible drinking cups came in useful, and they remained for a little while in the shade near the cool spot. THEY CAME TO A LITTLE BROOK THAT RAN UNDER THE ROAD AND NOT FAR FROM IT A ROADSIDE SPRING BUBBLED UP THEIR COLLAPSIBLE DRINKING CUPS CAME IN USEFUL AND THEY REMAINED FOR A LITTLE WHILE IN THE SHADE NEAR THE COOL SPOT
rs of which appeared the women and girls of the household, standing with rolled-up sleeves, arms akimbo, looking with no small wonder at the four travelers. There were comments, too, not always inaudible. "I wonder what they're selling?" one woman asked her daughter, as they paused in their work of washing a seemingly innumerable number of milk pans. "They take us for peddlers," said Amy. A little later a small boy, who had been playing horse in front of his house, scuttled back toward the kitchen, crying out: "Ma--ma! Come an' see the suffragists!" "Oh, mercy!" exclaimed Betty. "What will we be taken for next?" But it was fun, with all that, and such a novelty to the girls that they wondered why they had not before thought of this means of spending part of their vacation. The sun crept higher in the sky, and the warmth of the golden beams increased. The girls were thankful, now, for any shade they might encounter, and they were fortunate in that their way still lay in pleasant places. OD ENOUGH NOT TO LAUGH THEY PASSED FARMHOUSES IN THE KITCHEN DOORS OF WHICH APPEARED THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF THE HOUSEHOLD STANDING WITH ROLLED UP SLEEVES ARMS AKIMBO LOOKING WITH NO SMALL WONDER AT THE FOUR TRAVEERS THERE WERE COMMENTS TOO NOT ALWAYS INAUDIBLE I WONDER WHAT THEY'RE SELLING ONE WOMAN ASKED HER DAUGHTER AS THEY PASSED IN THEIR WORK OF WASHING A SEEMINGLY INNUMERABLE NUMBER OF MILK PANS TAKE US FOR PEDDLERS SAID AMY A LITTLE LATER A SMALL BOY WHO HAD BEEN PLAYING HORSE IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE SCUTTLED BACK TOWARD THE KITCHEN CRYING OUT MA COME AND SEE THE SUFFRAGISTS OH MERCY EXCLAIMED BETTY WHAT WILL BE TAKEN FOR NEXT BUT IT WAS FUN WITH ALL THAT AND SUCH A NOVELTY TO THE GIRLS THEY WONDERED WHY THEY HAD NOT BEFORE THOUGHT THIS MEANS OF SPENDING PART OF THEIR VACATION THE SUN CREPT HIGHER IN THE SKY AND THE WARMTH OF THE GOLDEN BEAMS INCREASED THE GIRLS WERE THANKFUL NOW FOR ANY SHADE THEY MIGHT ENCOUNTER AND THEY WERE FORTUNATE IN IT THEIR WAY STILL LAY IN PLEASANT PLACES
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