The Corner House Girls Under Canvas / How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward

mean thing says," whispe

when Trix Severn had spoken so ill-naturedly. The younger Corner H

," said Ruth. "But we had thoug

she hadn't asked you first, and seemed so thick with your sister, Ruth, I would have insisted long ago that you

, Pe

has released you, Ruth Kenway," cried the good-hearte

"But won't it look as though we w

cares for T

kind," said Ruth,

ular friends who were climbing aboard the rear car. "I've gotten them to

the four Kenways into their group, with great rejoici

e window of the car. When the train actually moved away, Neale O'Neil was there in the crowd, swinging h

niences and comforts to be obtained in the chair cars. The train was supposed to arrive at Pleasant Cove by th

rs could sit facing each other. Mrs. MacCall had put them up a nice hamper of luncheon

pen while others wished them closed. Cinders and dust flew in by the peck if the

d mightily to remember whether she had packed the whole of the doll's trousseau (this was supposed to be a wedding journey for the Alice-doll-a wedding journey in w

have named those four kittens before we left. They'll be awfully old befo

ppen to them?"

, you know. And if one should die," added Tess, warmly, "

ks, I s'pose," agreed Dot. "Do you think

Ruth and Aggie stay," said

h, had become interested in a couple sitting together not far d

med, under her breath, "

r dressed than any Gypsies we eve

how

g, pendant ear-rings and her fingers were covered with gaudy looking jewels. Her garments were

s handsome, just the

the enthusiastic Agnes. "A

ly and her complexion brilliant. When she smiled she flashed two rows of perf

he reminds me of somebo

ho

e g

n-thief Tom Jonah treed on the

uth; "all Gypsies

d a good word said for

have no particular trade or standing in any community. Naturally they have a lo

tried to steal your hens,

ely these two cannot belong to the same kind

cut off the same piece of goods," and immediately she lost interest in

them when they did not notice her. The woman must have been forty, but was straight, lithe, and

arance to Ruth as she looked, yet the Corner Hou

ost part, and seemed to be in a sullen mood. She had smiled once at Dot and the Alice-doll, and t

Corner House girl could not tell. She frequently leaned toward the dark girl, her bejew

t the length of the car for a drink, just for the purpose of overhearing the strange sp

e-water tank, and brought it back for the children. Pearl Harrod was s

it a fact that Rosa Wildwood is c

face transfigured with amazement, or alarm-Ruth did not know which. The woman grabbed her by the

ing over her head, saw the dark-skinned girl sitting back in her corner quite colorless and broken. The Corner

th assured the Gypsy

one-eh?" repeated the w

said Ruth. "I can get

t merely a chance happening, she was sure. Something about the name of her schoolmate, Ro

er, and she swiftly planned to discover the mystery, a