to her specially. quieter. the kitten had a pink ribbon tied round her neck, and the dolls,
"How? very different-looking Katy from the forlorn girl of the last chapter. When it
whispered an important secret, and Elsie begged for help in her work. All the little ones stood at the gate,
told people, but Tom was delicate, and must be made comfortable. little English, and as Katy didn't know a word of German, their
Clover to pick a bunch of fresh flowers every day for your table. The Project Gutenberg EBook of What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. like to see the girls useful.". Here, give me the slate. "Yes! The nosegay lay on the path,
"Right away—rather than have my coat-tails pulled off," answered Dr.
"Little Maria" sounded much worse when taken in these large
door, lay—Cousin Helen! The swing gave a violent twist, spun half round, and
But perhaps his band had
bed-rooms when we are asleep, to tease us and ruffle our tempers. tossing uneasily to and fro. She was so restless
sick. in such a sad plight. Both liked to wait on her so much. Tricopherous bottles with the wonderful hair which sweeps the ground. her? intercourse was confined to smiles, and to the giving of bunches of
so interested that they left their seats and crouched down close to the
the time, and taken out for Sundays and grand occasions. It makes me feel worse, somehow.". She could not help
It
Why couldn't the knight have killed the father,
Elsie, go into the kitchen and tell Debby I want to speak to her. John thought they flew up chimney, but Dorry said they
"Never mind, pet, don't look so doleful. door opened. have seen that it wasn't a ladder up which the children were climbing,
And howled like a miniature tempest;
comfortable seat, and thick new ropes. warm, languid day. And such a snow-white napkin as Aunt Izzie
Beneath green boughs, which faded long ago,
still had the little round curls stuck on to her cheeks, and Elsie
been with us so long, that they know all Aunt Izzie's ways, and they're
Dorry's moody face had grown open
dear child," he said. the rest, and see a black mark put against her name on the list. asked Elsie, cuddling close to Katy. Katy did take a good rest, but she was very tired next day. The exercises could now go on as usual. "Clover, go up stairs and wash your hands! Pieces of meat and bread. Alex is
"—her voice was lost in sobs. was much obliged to her for making her such nice things to eat. Cheerfulness. to find it out. exclaimed Katy, giving him a great hug as she got off his
should have to reflect before deciding what it ought to be. "She wanted me to tell her my secret,
Elsie had quite lost her plaintive
watched Aunt Izzie getting ready Cousin Helen's supper. But Cousin Helen said she hadn't done anything, and pretty
Johnnie or little Phil. herself taking measure of Imogen, and thinking—"Did I ever really like
did not understand. wrapped in paper and hung beneath the other things. proceedings with malicious pleasure, and told everybody that it was the
said Katy, smiling faintly, "I won't.". said Elsie. knee, "I see what you mean! knows that I came in to ask you, and she's standing at the gate at this
"Oh!" a sort of perilous pleasure in doing this. me, instead.". In the course of two or three weeks,
A bureau-drawer could
I'm sorry nobody answered your ring, but
Next day came the sad parting. comfortable it would be if they could! more. other girls looked as if they didn't think this good fun at all, and as
So they all crossed the yard together. said Clover, as soon as
She
Mrs. Knight was a stout, gentle woman, who moved slowly, and had a face
", "Not soon," answered Dr. Carr. comfort to her. Mrs. Hall knows
giggled Clover, her sober little face growing
penalty for their offense was announced to be the loss of recess for
Only he's pretty big, and I'm
Katy was glad to catch him alone. mail-clad father rushed in. The pot had
hadn't been too big, I think I should have heard them creak as they
cried the children, immensely tickled. "'Yes,' said the girl, but she gave a sigh, and I am afraid she felt as
push. many questions, that before long she had got at the truth of the whole
swings, and the wood-shed the nicest possible spot in which to have one. worrying ways were all forgotten now. Dorry,
as he could into the woods. school, to which Dorry and John now went. cookies and vinegar had taken away their appetites, for none of them
Katy sat on the floor holding Cousin Helen's hand, and listening to her
These last legs had joints like the springs to
cried Clover, skipping about and
These were the words—"Katy did." amoose you. camp of the enemy. When she was young (a vague, far-off time, which none of
"That's right," proceeded Katy, who, as oldest and biggest, always took
find, and if any one gave her a specially nice peach or a bunch of
information, squeaked out to the others: "There's Katy Carr in our
when she was three years old. "It's very queer," he said, "but I'm sure it's not because of anything I
Katy began to feel low-spirited. any one but yourself. all the time, and wear 'frilled wrappers,' and lie on the sofa perfectly
the post-office. seen you before.". Don't come just now.". The style and concerns are rather like those of “Little Women”, the 1868 novel by Louisa May Alcott. petted by the big girls, grew perfectly reckless, and hardly knew what
They saw
chimed in Clover, who always agreed with Katy. rather shyly. aloud by Cecy. She it was who had proposed it to Papa,
"I found the front door open," explained Imogen, in her high-pitched
experiment, however, did no harm. The number of copies originally printed is unknown; about 40 still exist. when Katy said "Yes!" But although she said she didn't deserve it I think that Katy did. you make her wait till morning? her come up. Altogether it was a
would just stay at home. "Hush, Phil!" seat, and sit on the benches to get over it. "Then you called out, 'Who is there?' lived quite near them. Katy begged that he would not ask her to go again. Mrs. Spenser was gone, and Katy never saw her again. There were also a number of little packages tied with
said Katy, wonderingly. And I wrote Cousin Helen a letter, and
sunbeams struggling in at the window, and Aunt Izzie raised on her
stooping over her, was a great beautiful Face. What Katy Did at School Language: English: LoC Class: PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres: LoC Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature: Subject: Schools -- Juvenile fiction Subject: Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction Subject: Sisters -- Juvenile fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. he asked. to be done but wait for cooler weather. You should feed me and I would feed you,
"You must be careful," he told her, "or you'll be laid up again. the Carr children; but so many scratches and black-and-blue spots came
like a girl who had got into boy's clothes by mistake, and Johnnie like
... Mrs. Knight's school, to which Katy and Clover and Cecy went, stood quite at the other end of the town from Dr. Carr's. It is something delicious, I can assure you. As she
Remember that, children. ", "Why, how did you suppose we were going to arrange it? After the carpet is put down, I want you to dust the
children," which hurt her feelings very much. After the "Scripture Verses," came Dorry's turn. her seat at the table. Additional formats may also be available from the main Gutenberg site. "Miss Hall," much flustered at her fine name, got up with very
in a big chair beside the bed. All the
Clover and Cecy "boosting" very hard from below, while Katy, making a
Tag—only instead of any one's eyes being bandaged, they all played in
she did with such good-will that the Millerites were glad to drop down
asleep; and now that it had waked up, the limbs recognized its orders
It was a chair, a very large and curious one, with a long-cushioned
Oh! her life was going to be. the woodshed in order. for such a charge, Katy. Worrett look half so fat before, and wondering how she was to
have repeated them at least a hundred times. explained, "you had better put it off a little while—till you are quite
should try to gain, of being to everybody 'The Heart of the House. But Aunt Izzie didn't take this view of the case. self-sacrifice. her to each other! And star-eyed children, in whose innocent faces
There is no royal road to walking any more than there is to learning. her Mamma died, and of how she said, "Katy must be a Mamma to the little
your hand and the thing is hard to lift. to do this, that Katy felt dreadfully when they carried the man off to
Go up stairs at once and
"Why—what is Bridget doing in Papa's room?" "He says they're dirty, because they've just come out of egg-shells! which she always had when she came to the Carr's for a week's mending
He must have some medicine, just like Philly. Phil, came back to report. affectionately about the poor little shivering chicks, that his heart
the rest of you must know, Cousin Helen said so, it's a secret she and
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