The Corner House Girls at School

g down there, Aggie?" demanded

xplained Agnes, rather stammeringly. "

this statement by a long, blank stare at her sister and the white-ha

d, "he-he just sav

ng to eat all those peaches by yourself!

s face flushed up darkly again. "He s

tree!" demanded Ruth. "

rom the

your bathrobe on!" ejaculated

ory all over again. "Hush!" commanded Ruth, suddenly. "Wait till I co

ed doubtfully at Agnes. "Is she

That's

of bossy,

by Ruthie. She's just like mot

rowled the white-haired boy. "I hate

d in school," sa

id the boy. "But I wouldn'

smiled, dimples came at the corners of her mouth and the laughter jumped right out of her eyes at you

ster, and Agnes did so. In the telling the boy lost

at the boy. "It was awfully rash of you, Aggie, but it

now it myself,"

d for you!" exclaime

d the boy, with all the sex's o

trong-a regular ath

r boy cou

N

," limited the

earn so much!" ask

pale face. "Practicin'. That's

asked Ruth, feeling that the boy

e O'N

live in

do

r seeing you before,

onfessed the boy, and once more he

r folks have

n't any

mily a

ale O'Neil, rather s

all alone-a b

he, tartly. "I'm 'mo

asantly. "I have the girls-my sisters; a

dy," confessed Neale O

nds?" asked Ruth, not only

that Ruth's questions were friendly. "And I am going to school here. I've got some money saved up. I want

rnaces, and clean up

other one-your sister-says you have plenty of empty

never thought

Trouble," whispered Agnes, who rather f

boarders," R

ght that "a boy around the house would be awfully handy"-and had often so expressed her

hat the sisters were discussing his suggestion. Finally he fl

t Aggie says you did. But we have Uncle Rufus, and he does most e

her side of the ell startled the three young folk. Mr

ou beast! I wish you'd eat yourself to death a

Agnes. "Con Murphy's

oed Ruth, starting af

and before she was half-way across the lawn

ied Ruth, seeing the bed slippers f

d Agnes. "Got to get that pig

the only forbidden premises he roved in. He always dug a new hole under the fence at night,

seemed fairly to twinkle as he saw their wild attack. A cabbage leaf hung crosswise

oo!" shou

s taken the very one I was going to have U

cornful grunt, and started slowly out of the garden. He was in no hurry. He had grown fat on

re was the fresh earth where he had rooted out of Mr

figure-got between him and his way of escape. The pig stopped, sno

boy!" ga

ding these particular premises, his pigship had met with a foe worthy of his attention. Four girls, an old lady,

slim boy did not dodge. Instead he brought that

dashed headlong down the yard, blind to

hurt him!"

hter. "Did you hear him? Did you hear him?" she gasped. "He's French, and all the time I

ed Ruth again. "

on't want to come in here again

," gasped Agnes. "I have

s camp for sympathy. He dove several times at the fence, but every old avenue of escape had b

putting a trough of feed for the poultry. The empty trough was still there, but when the pig collided with it, it shot i

y not keep him in that yard and make

an anxious glance at the little cottage over the fence. She expect

dashed to the boundary fence and found an aperture

h. Head and shoulders went through al

their new friend did not hear this. Instead, they were startled by a sudde

?" demanded

lly Bumps!" s

rhaps Billy Bumps took the rapidly curling and uncurling tail of the pig for a challenging banner. However

he remainder of the pig shot through the aperture in the board fence

me body ye've knocked out," came

, weak from laughter. "That pig can't be French after a