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The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake; Or, The Stirring Cruise of the Motor Boat Gem

by Laura Lee Hope

Pages
about 139
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
Reading time
2.5 h at 250 wpm
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From the opening

“Yes, this is Grace. What did you do with my chocolates? The girls are here, and—Never mind about the chocolates? The idea! I like——. What’s that? You want to go to the ball game? Will I do your errand for you? Yes, I’m listening. Go on!”

“It’s this way, Sis,” explained Will over the wire from a down-town drug store. “This morning dad told me to go over to grandmother’s and get those papers. You know; the ones in that big property deal which has been hanging fire so long. Grandmother has the papers in her safe. The deal is to be closed to-day. I promised dad I’d go, but I forgot all about it, and now the fellows want me to go to the ball game with them.

“If you’ll go over to grandmother’s and get the papers I’ll buy you a two-pound box of the best chocolates—honest, I will. And you can get the papers as well as I can. Grandmother expects one of the family over after them to-day, and she has them all ready.

“You can go just as well as I can—better, in fact, and dad won’t care as long as he gets the papers. You’re to take them to his office. Will you do it for me, Sis? Come on, now, be a sport, and say yes.”

“But it’s so hot, and Betty, Amy, and Mollie are here with me. I don’t want to go all the way over to grandmother’s after some tiresome old papers. Besides, it was your errand, anyhow.”

“I know it, Sis, but I don’t want to miss that game. It’s going to be a dandy! Come on, go for me, that’s a good fellow. I’ll make it three pounds.”

“Yes, you may ride Prince,” came over the wire. Will was a good horseman, but for some time had to be content with rather an ordinary steed.

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