Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island by Mabel C. Hawley
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letter to Mrs. Harley. At least we think it is to Mrs. Harley.
Back of some rocks. You read it." "Does it say where she went?" cried Dot, dancing up and down impatiently. "Does it say where she went, Mother?" Mother Blossom had to laugh. "Every one of you sit down and wait until I see what this is Bobby has found," she commanded. "You are all so excited, I can not half understand what you are trying to tell me. Did you find the cups, too?" Bobby nodded. Mother Blossom took the sheets of paper and the children waited as patiently as they could while she read them. When she put them down her eyes were shining. "This is wonderful!" she exclaimed. "Bobby, my precious, you don't know what you have done. This is not one letter, but three, and written by an uncle and aunt of Mrs. Harley's living in a town called Cordova. It is in Oklahoma. They ask Mrs. Harley to bring the children and come out there to live with them, and I shouldn't be surprised if she had gone there. We must get these letters to Mr. Harley right away." "Captain Jenks won't be here till this afternoon and Daddy's coming with him," said Bobby. "Let me row you over, Mother?" |
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