Gracie, you won't mind being left alone for just a little bit?
Ann's in the kitchen, you know." "I wish I could go too!" sighed Gracie.

"I wish I could run about and have good times like you and Max!" "Maybe you will, some o' these days.

Good-by, little one," said Max, giving a parting pat to the little white cheek.
"Good-by," cried Lulu from the doorway; "don't fret, because maybe I'll find something pretty to bring you when I come back." She took a small basket from the table in the hall, Max shouldered his fishing-rod, which he had left there behind the front door, and they went out together..