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"_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." 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
d Henrietta. "I've had governesses and tutors ever since I could think, but this is truly my first school year. And it's great fun. But if I stay in America, I'm to go to boarding school, Grandmother says. I've always wanted to, and Grannie thinks it will be good for me to be with other girls. You see, I've always lived with grown folks, so I need to renew my youth." "Mother's been reading the boarding-school advertisements in the magazines lately," said Mabel. "I heard her read some of them aloud to Father. But of course they couldn't have been thinking about _me_. But they sounded interesting." "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. R CRIED MARJORIE SURELY YOU'RE FOOLING NOT THIS TIME ASSURED HENRIETTA I'VE HAD GOVERNESSES AND TUTORS EVER SINCE I COULD THINK BUT THIS IS TRULY MY FIRST SCHOOL YEAR AND IT'S GREAT FUN BUT IF I STAY IN AMERICA I'M GOING TO GO TO BOARDING SCHOOL GRANDMOTHER SAYS I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO AND GRANNIE THINKS IT'LL BE GOOD FOR ME TO BE WITH OTHER GIRLS YOU SEE I'VE ALWAYS LIVED WITH GROWN FOLKS SO I NEED TO RENEW MY YOUTH MOTHER'S BEEN READING THE BOARDING SCHOOL ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE MAGAZINES LATELY SAID MABEL I HEARD HER READ SOME OF THEM ALOUD TO FATHER 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
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