Marjorie's Busy Days

King, railroad sma

, with an awfull

said Kitty, "but I don

orie, "shipwreck, then.

osy Posy. "Me tumble i

air, without being too cool, was just crisp enough to make one feel energetic, though indeed no special atmospheric conditions were required to make the four Maynards feel energetic. That

equally good times playing by themselves or with others. Their home occupied a whole block in the prettiest

r-beds, and here the children were allowed to do whatever they c

alled "the orchard," and another corner, where grapes grew on trellises, called "the vineyard." The barn and its surroundi

andas, and on the southern one of these, in

s law. But this was usually because he had such splendid ideas about ga

because it could develop in so many ways. Once they were shipwrecked no rescue was possible, unless help appeared from some unexpected quarter. It might be a neighbor's child coming to see them, or it

his time they chose a certain grassy

he kitchen, and, after a time, came back w

and soon returned, swinging the empty basket. Tossing

the big, double, woo

parated, and Rosy Posy hugged her big white Teddy Bear, who wa

-day, was an

assengers swarmed up the gangplank, which he had though

ard, the gangplank drawn

ide. The Captain had never crossed an ocean, and the nearest he had come to it had been a sail up the Hudson and a trip to Coney

their own house. "That's where the soldiers come from. The noble sol

ldier, sir?"

Civil War. But as there's no figh

it is," obs

ner craft sails th

asked Marjorie, shading her eyes with h

And now we are passing the famous stat

ard, who had come out on the veranda, and stood with her ha

as part of the fun of making-be

ed Marjorie of Kitty, whose doll h

"She is as well as anything. Only she's a little af

ot only going more rapidly, but

aid the gallant Captain; "the

Marjorie, "as much as I am of that

m. He's a wonderful man with wild beasts. He's-he's Buffalo Bill. Speak up, Ros

versed in make-believe plays, "I'se Buf

hrinking away in fear, and pro

as she exploited her Bear's ferocity, and Boffin mad

ully. The Captain stood up in his excitement,

as she gripped the belt of King's Norfolk jacket.

ted. "I cannot deceive you! We are in great danger! We may strike a rock

e-preservers, and vigorously put them on, w

ship is settling; we must all be dro

n a minute it was pandemonium. The four screamed and groaned,

e ground. Marjorie sprang out, and as she reached

g: "This is a fine life-preserver. I

out backward, dropping

wimming a few strokes along the soft, green g

ill I'm exhausted. Must I drown!" With a wail, she turned on her eyes

ped her arm. "Perhaps we can find a plank o

asked Marjorie, sitting up in

won't swim. It makes my dress al

derision from her elder brother and sister, but she stood firm. She would play thei

the gangplank. "Cannot you and your infant daughter manage to get ashore on that? This other lady is

jections to swimming on land, and throwing her fat self down fl

hus made their way toward the desert island. There were several narrow escapes from drowning, but they generously assisted ea

e was in the tossing ocean, and w

only "treading water,"

hore of the island. Exhausted, Marjorie threw herself on the beach, and the half-drowned Captain also dragged himse

te lines, and Marjorie weakl

all not see to

, "say no word, lady. The

falo Bill. "I 'ike Tan

to look round the desert island

must starve! This is a desert island exactly in the middle of the Pacific Oce

sping her hands in despair. "My precious

p, and looking about her. "If there is nothi

Rosy Posy. "No, no

men of this party, we will go all over the island and see what m

ittle hand in her brother's, "an' we'll

Marjorie, "we will dry our dri

ad out of my bag. I brought a big bag of

rusoe," said King, "it

it doesn't matter, I b

eturned in a surprisingly short ti

oranges. "I had to climb the tall palm trees to reach them. B

t at the gallant Captain's deed, and a

enough, in her tiny skirt, which she held gather

ee elder victims of the shipwreck, while the cracker fell to the sha

d Marjorie. "Methinks there may

it was not impossible that she might find some more, so they let her go to

ers; "and these are wild pears. This is indeed a fruitful

when I discovered those eggs on a rocky l

hey're boiled," said Kitt

t down to a pleasant meal, for the Maynard children had conv