7/29 He likes the pictures I make; and, Katy, you won't believe it till I show you my little bank book, but for the three already published with their illustrations he pays me five hundred nice, long, smooth, beautifully decorated, paper dollars!" "Judas praste!" cried Katy, her hands once more aloft. "Ye ain't manin' it, lambie ?" "Yes, I are," laughed Linda. "I've got the money; and for each succeeding three with their pictures I am to have that much more, and when I finish--now steady yourself, Katy, because this is going to be a shock--when I finish, blessed old dear heart, he is going to make them into a book! That will be my job for this summer, and you shall help me, and it will be a part of our great secret. Won't it be the most fun ?" "My soul!" said Katy. |