quot;;S ?quot; Fan one , as she came into the -room Tom was on the sofa with his in the air, in one of in boys are cast away on , , and is in its all the year ; or, lost in , the have , kill , and, when the ;s out, find way home, with , tame and of .
quot;Dun no,quot; was ;s , for he was just from an of the size.
quot;Do put down that book, and ;s do ,quot; said , a the room.
quot;Hi, ;ve got him!quot; was the only by the .
quot;;s ?quot; Maud, the with her full of all for ball-.
quot;Do get , and ;t me,quot; Tom at the .
quot;Then tell us she is. ;m sure you know, for she was down here a ago,quot; said .
quot;Up in ;s room, .quot;
quot; ! you knew it all the time, and ;t tell, just to us,quot; Maud.
But Tom was now his , and took no of the of the .
quot;;s up in ;s room. I ;t see what fun is in it,quot; said as they went up .
quot;;s a girl, and pets her a deal more than she does me,quot; Maud, with an air.
quot;;s peek and see what they are ,quot; Fan, at the half-open door.
was a old , the of wide open, of the . On a , at the old ;s feet, sat , up with face and eyes, in the of a high- shoe lay in her lap.
quot;Well, my dear,quot; was , quot;she had it on the very day that Joe came in as she sat at work, and said,apos;, we must be at once.apos;apos;Very well, Joe,apos; says Aunt , and down she went to the , the was , to the she wore, and was with her and pin-ball at her side, and her on. That was in war , 1812, my dear, and Joe was in the army, so he had to go, and he took that very pin-ball with him. Here it is with the mark of a it, for he said his ;s his life.quot;
quot;How that is!quot; , as she the with the hole in it.
quot;Why, , you told me that ,quot; said , in, the was a one for a .
quot;You me to tell you , my dear, so I kept my old to ,quot; , .
quot;Tell some now, . May we stay and see the ?quot; said Fan and Maud, the open with .
quot;If ; she is my , and I am to her, for I love to have her come,quot; said , with her old-time .
quot;Oh, yes! do let them stay and hear the . ;ve told them what good we have up here, and them to come, but they ;s too . Now, sit down, , and let go on. You see I pick out in the that , and then she me it,quot; said , to the in her , and glad to get them in ;s , for knew how it made the old lady to live over her past, and to have the her.
quot;Here are that have not been yet; each take one, and from it for me to tell ,quot; said , at the in her .
So the each a and over the till they they to know . Maud was , and up an bag, with a big blue F on it, her . as she the old , and her with .
quot;My and I went to an aunt of ours, when we were , but we ;t have a very good time, for she was . One , when she had gone out to tea, and old , the maid, was in her room, we sat on the , , and for any to us.
quot;apos;What we do?apos; said .
quot;Just as she , a ripe plum on the us, as if her . It was all the ;s , for if it ;t at that , I have had the into my mind.
quot;apos;;s have as many as we want, and Aunt , to pay her for so ,apos; I said, half the plum.
quot;apos;It be ,apos; ,apos;but I we will,apos; she , as the down her .
quot;apos;;s . Come on, then, and help me ,apos; I said, up, for the fun.
