Show miss selina luc AND THE soapbox soap box babies Is B by y maria thompson daviess aw AS illustrations by magnus G kettner J IM the bobba compiler company continued from last week CHAPTER IV the wonderful barn loft they rant nobody toll tell what a mort cage and a golf club will do selina luc i now bennie run homo home as quick as you can for I 1 know your mother Is in a hurry for fer the things heres the nickel head of cabbage put it under your arm and take the sack of meal tn in your hand see it if you cant carry the potatoes on the other arm and the piece of bacon in your other hand instead of the sorghum molasses she sent for I 1 am going to send three for ten cakes of soap for fer ashes forgot to buy a bit for moren a week and I 1 am sure she would rather have it my what a load for a boy open your mouth tor for this thin g ginger snap and go careful but fast and miss aliss selina lue luc steered the beav ily fly loaded youngster loung ster down the steps and started him toward home As she came up again she paused and resting her hands on her hips leaned out to look tar far up the street there was tho the shadow of anxiety on her usually unruffled brow and she sighed as she picked blossom out of 02 the cracker box and put her far back bach on the counter bern hemming ming her in a for oa fety with two brooms 1 I feel like I 1 aint seen miss fer a year she said and it has been moren a week since she camo came down the cook comes after things and she says the child aint sick so 30 I 1 aint got no cause to worry but im lest jest hungry to see her seems like she is a kind of a frosted cake the more you git of her the more you want yes thick with frosting and white and cold its good to look at re marked mr alan as he seated himself on an upturned peck measure ind and reached to head clemmie off from a pile of scrubbing brushes she seemed bent on chewing well ive got a feeling in my hones bones shell come today and im going to expect her anyway mis ills kidneys kinneys Kin Kit ineyl bones always gives her notice of trouble but ive got mine trained so they ache fer the coming of good miss selina lues luas wisdom was an unconscious adaptation of if one of the principles of a very modern thought it was at the lull full time at eleven when the bluff dinners were all in the pot and miss selina lue luc could get a breathing spell until the afternoon rush for supper provender the bluff bought supplies a meal at a time and brought tho the nickels and dlin nes in payment thereof miss selina lue luc had no need of a bookkeeper she put her money la in a cracked vinegar jug behind the counter nor did she blie ever have enough to make hank bank deposits as her stock was bought on much the same principle as that on which it was sold a little at a time slid za cash sr down TO BE CONTINUED |