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"Huh?" The boy looked at her wonderingly. "I mean not cross enough to bite," she went on. "You turn to the left," the boy continued, "and keep straight on till you get to Watson's Corners. Then you turn to the right, keep on past an old stone church, turn to the right and that's a straight road to Rockford." He looked curiously at Grace, as though in doubt as to her sanity. HUH THE BOY LOOKED AT HER WONDERINGLY I MEAN NOT CROSS ENOUGH TO BITE SHE WENT ON YOU TURN TO THE LEFT THE BOY CONTINUED AND KEEP STRAIGHT ON TILL YOU GET TO WATSON'S CORNERS THEN YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT KEEP ON PAST AN OLD STONE CHURCH TURN TO THE RIGHT AND THAT'S A STRAIGHT ROAD TO ROCHFORD HE LOOKED CURIOUSLY AT GRACE AS THOUGH ENDOWED AS TO HER SANITY
ile further and taking the main road that goes through Sayreville," said the boy, his mouth full of candy. "Would that be nearer than going back to where we made the mistake?" Betty asked. "Yep, a lot nearer. Come on; I'll show you as far as I'm goin'," and the boy started off as though the task--or shall I say, pleasure?--of leading four pretty girls was an every-day occurrence. "We never can get there before dark," declared Mollie. "Oh, yes, we will," said Betty, hopefully. "We can walk faster than this." "If you do I'll simply give up," wailed Grace. "These shoes!" and she leaned against a tree. And to the eternal credit of the other girls be it said that they did not remark: "I told you so!" Silently and unconcernedly, the snub-nosed boy led them on. Finally he came to his own home, and rather ungallantly, did not offer to go farther. "You jest keep on for about half a mile," he said, "an' you'll come to a cross-road." "I hope it isn't too cross," murmured Grace, with a grave face. E MUST BE THAT TO NIGHT WELL YOU CAN GET THAT BY GOING ON A MILE FURTHER AND TAKING THE MAIN ROAD THAT GOES THROUGH SAYERVILLE SAID THE BOY HIS MOUTH FULL OF CANDY WOULD THAT BE NEARER THAN GOING BACK TO WHERE WE MADE THE MISTAKE BETTY ASKED YEP A LOT NEARER COME ON I'LL SHOW YOU AS FAR AS I'M GOING AND THE BOY STARTED OFF AS THOUGH THE TASK OR SHALL I SAY PLEASURE OF LEADING FOUR PRETTY GIRLS WAS AN EVERY DAY OCCURRENCE WE CAN NEVER GET THERE BEFORE JACK DECLARED MOLLY OH YES WE WILL SAID BETTY HOPEFULLY WE CAN WALK FASTER THAN THIS IF YOU DO I'LL SIMPLY GIVE UP WAILED GRACE THESE SHOES AND SHE LEANED AGAINST A TREE AND TO THE ETERNAL CREDIT OF THE OTHER GIRLS BE IT SAID THAT THEY DID NOT REMARK I TOLD YOU SO SILENTLY AND UNCONCERNEDLY THE SNUB NOSED BOY LED THEM ON FINALLY HE CAME TO HIS OWN HOME AND RATHER UNGALLANTLY DID NOT OFFER TO GO FURTHER YOU JUST KEEP ON GOING ABOUT HALF A MILE HE SAID AND YOU'LL COME TO A CROSS ROAD I HOPE IT ISN'T TOO CROSS MURMURED GRACE WITH A GRAVE FACE
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