4/11 I'm going to sew all through vacation." "All right," said Marian, "I'll come over and help you, but you can't make any dresses this afternoon, so put away those old bills and get ready for a sleigh ride. It's lovely out, and father said he'd call for us here at four o'clock." "All right, I will, if we can get back by six. I want to be here when papa comes home." "Yes, we'll be back by six. I expect Uncle Fred will shut you up in a dark room and keep you on bread and water for a week when he sees those bills." "That's just the worst of it," said Patty forlornly. "He's so good and kind, and spoils me so dreadfully that it makes me feel all the worse when I don't do things right." A good long sleigh ride in the fresh, crisp winter air quite revived Patty's despondent spirits. |