The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House - Or, doing their best for the soldiers by Laura Lee Hope
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"What are you talking to yourself about?" queried Grace, irritably. "A
person has a fine chance to sleep--" "Sleep!" cried Betty, indignantly. "What on earth do you want to sleep for? Do you know what day this is?" "Friday," Grace answered mechanically, then seeing the point of the question, sat up in bed, rubbing her eyes. "Oh, I--forgot," she stammered. "They're--they're going away, aren't they?" "Yes; unless, they've changed their minds since last night," returned Betty dryly. "Oh, Grace, please don't look so sleepy. You--you annoy me," she finished hysterically. "Well, I'm sorry," said Grace, trying comically to appear dignified. "But it really isn't so strange that I should look the way I feel--" "Goodness, if I looked the way I feel, I'd be an awful mess," sighed Amy from the other bed. "Maybe you do," chuckled Mollie. "Shall I get you a mirror?" "Well, if you'd been awake almost all night," Amy began, but Mollie cut her short with a bear's hug. "Forgive me, Amy," she said, with unusual humility. "I do know how awful it is to lie awake nearly all night and just think. |
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