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"Don't depend on me," sighed Henrietta. "I don't wear well. You'll find the real me rubbing through in spots. Granny says I'm an imp that came in one of Dad's Hindoo boxes." DON'T DEPEND ON ME SIGHED HENRIETTA I DON'T WEAR WELL YOU'LL FIND THE REALMY RUBBING THROUGH IN SPOTS GRANNIE SAYS I'M AN IMP THAT CAME IN ON ONE OF DAD'S HINDOO BOXES
esting." "Perhaps," offered Bettie, "they had read all the stories and those boarding schools were all they had left to read." "I guess so," said Mabel. "Aunt Jane reads them, too," added Marjory. "There's some money that is to be used for my education and for nothing else. When I've finished with High School I'm to go to College." "Oh well," laughed, Jean, lightly, "you're safe for another five years." "_I_'m not," returned Henrietta. "I'm going next September, and if Grandmother had known how the schools were going to be you wouldn't be having the pleasure of my company now. She says I'm getting thin in the pursuit of knowledge--it's too scattered, in Lakeville. That's why she made me ride to-day." "Look!" cried Mabel, her eyes bulging with astonishment. "She's really making lace!" "It's for you," said Henrietta, flashing a bright glance at Mabel. "It's an apology, Mam'selle, for my past--and perhaps my future--misdeeds." "I _said_ I didn't like you," blurted honest Mabel, "but I do. THER BUT OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT ME BUT THEY SOUNDED INTERESTING PERHAPS OFFERED BETTY THEY HAD READ ALL THE STORIES AND THOSE BOARDING SCHOOLS WERE ALL THEY HAD LEFT TO READ I GUESS SO SAID MABEL AUNT JANE READS THEM TOO ADDED MARJORIE THERE'S SOME MONEY THAT IS TO BE USED FOR MY EDUCATION AND NOTHING ELSE WHEN I'VE FINISHED WITH ISCOE I'M GOING TO COLLEGE OH WELL LAUGHED JEAN LIGHTLY YOU'RE SAFE FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS I'M NOT RETURNED HENRIETTA I'M GOING NEXT SEPTEMBER AND IF GRANDMOTHER HAD KNOWN HOW THE SCHOOLS WERE GOING TO BE YOU WOULDN'T BE HAVING THE PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY NOW SHE SAYS I'M GETTING THIN IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE IT'S TOO SCATTERED AND LATEFUL THAT'S WHY SHE MADE ME RIDE TO DAY LOOK CRIED MABEL HER EYES BULGING WITH ASTONISHMENT SHE'S REALLY MAKING LACE IT'S FOR YOU SAID HENRIETTA FLASHING A BRIGHT GLANCE AT MABEL IT'S AN APOLOGY MA'AMSELLE FOR MY PAST AND PERHAPS MY FUTURE MISDEEDS I SAID I DIDN'T LIKE YOU BLURTED HONEST MABEL BUT I DO
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