8/16 "She stole it off our clo'es-line an' gave it to me." "You go get your hair cut!" said the stranger hotly. "Yah! I haven't got any sister!" "I know you haven't at home," Georgie responded. "I mean the one that's in jail." "I dare you to get down off that pony!" Georgie jumped to the ground, and the other boy descended from the Reverend Mr.Smith's gatepost--but he descended inside the gate. "I dare you outside that gate," said Georgie. I dare you--" But these were luckless challenges, for Georgie immediately vaulted the fence--and four minutes later Mrs.Malloch Smith, hearing strange noises, looked forth from a window; then screamed, and dashed for the pastor's study. |