A Girl of the Limberlost

s way to a funeral. Elnora said she had to study and could not go, but she suggested that her mother take her place. Mrs. Comstock put on her hat and went at once, which surprised Elnora. S

cess, at last came to the road. Almost the first thorn bush she examined yielded a Polyphemus cocoon. Elnora lifted her head with the instinct of a hunter on the chase, and began work. She reached the swamp before she knew it, carrying five fine cocoons of different species as her reward. She pushed back her hair and gazed aroun

Brushwood schoolhouse, Pete had been one of the big boys at the back of the room. He had been rough a

are more just screaming for me to come get them, because the leaves will fall with the first frost, and then the jays and crows will

asked the man, his keen b

I can sell them. Oh, Pete, I can sell them for enough to take me through high school and dress me so like the oth

u go like you

now Duncan gave me Freckles's books, and I have been gathering moths like he did. Lately I found I could sell them. If I can make a complete collection, I can get three h

nd there is b

so I can complete sets. It's the only way I see to earn the money. Look what I have already. Big gray Cecropias come from th

lesome, and beautiful. She was innocent, intensely

l me what scare

g I found a note telling me it wasn't safe to go inside the swamp. That sort of scared me. I think I'll go alone, rather than miss the chance, but I'd

are of you," prom

sely, and when you are hunting or going along the road, if one dangles un

e was crying wildly, that here was a big one, the next she was reaching for a limb above her head or on her knees overturning dead leaves under a hickory or oak tree, or working as

looking for?" he asked bashfully,

romethea! I didn't e

bird like?

ost wonderful wine-coloured flush over the under side if it's a male, a

have into a bunch that we could le

uld be a

d through the forest so softly, that Elnora forgot the moths in watching him. Presently she was carrying the specimens, and he was making the trips of investigation to see which was a cocoon and which a curled leaf, or he was on his knees digging around stum

alled at the edge of her woods and received no reply. Then Wesley turned and drove back to the Limberlos

, he heard voices and approached with some caution. Soon he saw Elnora, her flushed fac

n Imperialis here. It's their very kind of a place. There! What did

ora a small shining dark pupa case. As his face came into view Sinton almost cried out, for he was the one man of all others

alled Sinto

u have to dig for them, and you can't see where to look. But Pete is fine at it! He's found three, and he says he will keep watch beside the roads, and through the woods while he

y, striving to make his voice natural. "But

I began to see them here. I kept my promise. I didn't come in alone. Pete came with me. He's so strong, he isn't afraid of anythi

e cocoons. He left them at the case, while Elno

at does this mean?"

was with her, and she got several dolla

s ist all whited out, and he laid as still as a

d Margaret in a

tickled to get something to eat! He's 'most twisted as me. They get new clothes, and all they want to eat, too, but they'll miss me. They couldn't have got a

I love dogs. Whenever you don't have a good time up there, take your dog and come right down and be my little boy. We wi

d sagely. "You ist b

u?" asked Elnora as t

ust couldn't! Not for enough to pay, my road tax! Not f

n lovely to me, and I don't t

s taking a dose of their own medicine. The difference is that I am honest. I just say in plain English, 'if they don't treat you right, come to me.' They have only sai

hat I owe her--

nd so I'm perfectly free to do what I choose. Come

n her breast lay Billy's red head, one hand clutched her dre

n. "He's too heavy. And it's bad for him. He's

quivers so. He has to be stronger than