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rk to make her "wish" come true. Ever afterwards she preferred to think

ether in low tones so that, even when she was near them, she could not hear one word of what they were saying, and that, after these talks, her mot

Notch with a message for old Mrs. Teed that had not seemed a bit important. After her return John Westley had invit

ivid coloring the mountain slopes and valleys; over everyth

's "shining" road ran off out of sight. They could se

f the mountain and on and on and after a very lon

Westley's two weeks near Miller's Notch had brought

e lived in my town, you know. She hasn't been

would become fewer and fewer; the days would grow colder, school would begin, the snow would come and choke the

hold on to my arm so that you won't fall of

ith a grip that hurt. She star

my automobile, which ought to get here to-morrow, straight around to the other side of the mountain,

h came in an

e--true! Mother'

the things that are going to be best for their

nd swept like a small whirlwind upon her mother, sitting in the willow rocker on the porch. With a violent hug she tried to express the madnes

ns concerning the Westley girls (Graham was utterly forgotten) and the school. Then there were wonderful, long talks with

u the least little, little bit unhappy!" Jerry had said after one of

that she was "ready." She said it a little breathlessly--no Crusader of old, st

is uncle's store and he says it makes him mad to have a girl see the world 'fore he does, but I told him he ought to keep on at school, even if it was only Miller's Notch. And I've cleaned Little-Dad's pipes. And I've promised Bigb

Jerry was too excited and her mother knew that she could not keep a tremble from her voice. At nine o'clock Jerry declared that she'd just have to g

h a mist of tears and praying--first that the Heavenly Father would protect her little Jerry

and Mrs. Travis discussed the lunch that had been stowed away in the tonneau, as though the whole thing was only a day's picnic. Jerry, a funny little figure in her coat that was too small and a fall hat that Mrs. Chubb had made over from o

end for me," she whispered, stricken for a moment by th

ost breaking within her, Mrs.

rling," and she almost lifted the girl into the tonn

nto the car. When Dr. Travis gripped his

again," cried Jerry, jumping out and, to

care of my Sweetheart and Little-Dad," she

asked anxiously. The li

y more than I do him," she exp

ong as she could see her mother and father she kept her little

ning eyes, "when you've been wishing and wishing fo

n, as they turned from the rough country road into her "shining" road, which was, of course, the macadam highway, she looked back and up toward Kettl

eck! And in a moment you'd disappear around the corner. And now I'm the

in the shape of a small dog that leaped out from the dense undergrow

ed Jerry, spring

o avoid hitting the dog. At the sound of Jerry's voi

Divide! Oh--the darling," and

im and the chauffeur looked at them both--all with the sa

, because I know he'd just die of a

ncingly, "He's awfully good and never bothers anyone and kee

resisted the app

rry--Pepperpot