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"Yes, that hile he was standing there," said Florence ruefully "He heard all that, too"

"Miss Julia, she s'picion' he done hear souess," Kitty Silver went on "She shet the liberry do' right alrampaw's nose, whiles he still a-rampin', an' she slip out on the po'che, an' take look 'roun'; then go on up to her own room I 'uz up there, while after that, turn' down her bed; an' she injoyin' herse'f readin' book She feel kine o' put out, I reckon, but she ain't stedyin' about no young li'l Dills She want 'eoin' lose this one, an' she got plenty to spare She show too much class fer to fret about no Dills"

"I don't care," said Florence "I think she ought to whether she does or not, because I bet he was feeling just awful And I think grandpa behaved like an ole hoodlum"

"That'll do," Herbert admonished her sternly "You show some respect for your relations, if you please"

But his loyalty to the Atwater family had a bad effect on Florence "Oh, will I?" she returned promptly "Well, then, if you care to inquire ed"

"See here----"

But Florence and Kitty Silver interrupted him simultaneously

"Look at _that_!" Florence cried

"My nae taste of Gae and divided it rather fairly into three parts, but the veherandfather had caused her to drop one of these upon the ground Gammire promptly ate it, "sat up" and adjusted his paws in prayer for more

"Now you listen e in all e! No, ma'am, an' I ain't nev' hear o' nobody else whut ev' see nobody whut see dog eat orange!"

Herbert decided to be less is that'd eat apples," he said "Yes, and waters" As he spoke he played with the tennis ball upon his racket, and concluded by striking the ball high into the air Its course was not true; and it descended far over toward the orchard, where Herbert ran to catch it--but he was not quick enough At the moment the ball left the racket Gammire abandoned his prayers: his eyes, like a careful fielder's, calculating and esti, followed the swerve of the ball in the breeze, and when it fell he was on the correct spot He caught it