The Girl Scouts at Home; or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day

a finished. It did indeed sound sweet and she spoke it very

me had come. They looked at each oth

id, "and then Myron's. Ladies first. Gi

said Tommy, chewi

t I do know one about a cat, or a kitten rather, and it really

that they wanted to take along so badly that fin'ly their mother and father said they might take it if they would carry it in its basket all the way and never ask anyone else

he conductor was not in the car they used to take it out of its bas

couple of days they let the kitten out, a

nd went along under the seats toward the end of the car. She thought she was going to have a nice little walk, but just then the brakeman came into the car and there was a kitten under one of the

thinking that she might have gone across the vestibule and into the other car. But she was not there. Just then along came the brakeman again and when the boys asked h

any station for sixty miles. Walter said he was going back to see if he could find her, but the brakeman

just sat and thought about their little kittie, and Harold said, 'Seems as though I can hear her cry,' and

her ghost.' Walter said, 'No, it's not; even kit

ething is going to happen and you don't know just what it will be, and ther

back, but she didn't get on quick enough to get into the vestibule before the door was shut, so she had to hang on and ride outside. She was scared nearly to death and jumped at every sound and trembled for days, but

id Minnie. "Now let's hea

Myron," said Helen. "Tell us a s

y and he had a mamma and two brothers and three sisters, and he grew up and made lots of money, and

Minnie. "That's the

said Tommy. "Mine

sa Cordelia has just got to

Minnie for the last. Could you let me say you a little poetry, or was

," said Rosanna sweetly.

d of a story." Mary cleared her th

AF

die, I'll

he angels,

to God; I'll

ere in tha

hool, the wa

st too grea

a little

world and

made the h

sweet wild

t careful w

small trout

s just the

with most l

nough so o

lean agains

id Minnie when Mary had finish

m," said Mary. "I thi

story," said Minnie. "First you know the machine

t be starting along pretty soon. It is a long way from here to the car track, and I have to stop so often

d them about all day," said Minnie.

l," said Rosanna. "We are going to take

omobile ride!" chanted

ood," said Mary. "Will your

" said Rosanna, glad for once t