Polly and the Princess by Emma C. Dowd
page 21 of 343 (06%)
page 21 of 343 (06%)
|
minutes to run down the stairs and out the front door--she didn't
stop to ask permission--and over across lots to Polly. She was in a dead faint, but in a minute she came to, and Miss Sterling ran up to the house and got Dr. Dudley and his wife, and they carried her in, and Miss Sterling went too. The Doctor couldn't find that Polly was hurt at all, only bruised a little--you see, the branches had broken her fall, and she was all around again in a few days. Miss Sterling was pretty well upset by it, so that the Doctor came home with her, and she had to go to bed, same as Polly did! It made quite a stir here. "Ever since then Polly has run in and out, any time of day, just as I hear she does at the hospital. She's that kind of a girl, never makes any trouble, and so nothing is said." "I guess I shall break lots of the rules before I know what they are." "You'll learn 'em soon enough, don't you worry! There's a long list; but you'll get used to 'em after a while--we have to. There's nothing like getting used to things. It's a great help." CHAPTER III POLLY ADDRESSES THE BOARD "It is a shame, Miss Nita!" Polly was saying. "To think of |
|