The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies

great degree to make himself believe that he was having real adventure. Romance very soon to

the extension-bag. Yet as he trudged on steadily

sily have overtaken the runaway. Neale O'Neil could have driven out th

toward the sea. So he got in touch with people all along the railroad line to Pleasant Cove, suspecting that

ilton was a big pond which he sighted about mid-afternoon. Its dancing blue waters looke

"I bet that pond is all right. Hullo! There's some kids.

boys he had observed were playing down by the water's edge where an ice-house had once stood. But the building had been

to the ground, and then climbing up again to repe

of bushes, he approached the slide. One boy, who was

. Try it. The

frankly. He saw that the bigger boy sat on a piece of board when he slid down t

on. One might have heard those boys

are of them. This so excited him that he failed for all of the time

lintery." Sammy emitted a sharp cry as he reached the ground after a particularly swift descent of the roof, and rising, he cl

rn right through my pants! My good pants, too. My maw wil

ter by using the piece of board to slide on, shouted

my mother, you bet. By and by she'll find the ho

I've slid down enough for to-day, anyway.

rse, for this was almost a new suit he had on. He wished heartily that he had p

is a foxy one, he is! He didn't wear

s so smart as he had believed himself to be. He felt gingerly from time to time of th

tered, "she sure

enly found it very, very heavy. Evening was approaching. The sun was so low n

n, passed Sammy. If it had not been for the holes in his trousers, and what his mother w

ge beginning to ebb. He had eaten the last crumbs of his lunch. After the pond was out of sight behind him the ru

somewhere a big bullfrog tuned his bassoon-a most eerie sound. A bat

't like this a

ly hurt him. He could still see some distance back from the road on either hand, and he selected a big

ag that had become so heavy farther into the hollow and lay down

e boy thirsty. He finally got up and stumbled through the bru

s thirst by its aid. He had some difficulty in finding his former nest; but when he did come to the holl

as broad daylight. He awoke as much refreshed

y before, while he was foot-loose. Even the disaster to his trousers seemed of little moment now

ed his face and hands therein. The sun and air dried his head after his

be some house along the road where he could buy breakfast. Sammy Pinkney was not at all troubled by his situation until, stoo

mmered Sammy. "It's

was the only explanation there could be of this my

e the clusters of green burrs were already formed. Then he plunged through the fringe o

flew overhead with raucous call, as though he laughed at the bere

ch merely laughed at him again, just as though he did kn

y articles of clothing. There was his gun and the shot for it! How could he def

there was nobody by to see. "Oh, dear! Now I've got to wear this

nd of luck. I-I hope he'll have to go to the dentist's and have all his teeth pulled, so I do!" which, from

alized this. He had his money safely tied into a very grubby handkerchief, so that was all ri