Identifier: littlemaidofmass00curt (find matches)
Title: A little maid of Massachusetts colony ..
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Curtis, Alice Turner
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Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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e. You just climb thatfence, and Ill lead Range alongside and you canget on his back nicely. Sit boy fashion ; itssafer. No sense as I can see in a girl jest hang-ing on to one side of anything, and almost be-fore she knew it Anne found herself on the backof the black horse. Mrs. Pierce, who had told the girls her nameon the way to the pasture, led Range out intothe road and headed him in the right direction. If he dont go fast enough kick your heelsagainst his sides and call to him, directed thewoman, handing the reins to Anne, and givingthe horse a sharp slap that sent him off at agood pace. It seemed to Anne as if she were going upinto the air, or over the horses head. Butsomehow she managed to keep on Ranges back,though she did not dare to give a backwardlook. Range will bring your pa back in no time,dont you worry. said Mrs. Pierce, giving Rosea kindly pat on the shoulder ; then exclaiming, The bread ! she ran back to the house, leav-ing Rose looking down the road, and wondering,
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YOU CAN GET ON HIS BACK OF MASSACHUSETTS COLONY 133 a little fearfully, if Anne would reach the bigbeech tree without being thrown into the road. Then she looked the other way, in the direc-tion of Boston, and wondered what would befallLady. Come in, my dear, out of this hot sun,Mrs. Pierce called from the doorway, and Rosewent slowly up the path and entered the bigsquare room at the right of the small square entry. You sit right down and Ill bring you adrink, and Mrs. Pierce drew forward a comfort-able rocking-chair for her young guest, and wassoon back with a cup of milk and a square offresh gingerbread. I should admire to have a girl just likeyou, declared Mrs. Pierce, taking the emptycup. I can see that youve a real good disposi-tion, and a girl would be a sight of company to me. Then Rose told her about her own mother,and had begun to tell her Anne Nelsons littlehistory, when Mrs. Pierce again exclaimed: My bread ! and hurried off to the kitchen. Rose went to the open window and

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