? ? ? ? "Then I'll stay with Susy Harper, mamma."
? ? ? ? "Very well. And mind and behave yourself and don't be any trouble."
? ? ? ? Presently, as they tripped along, Tom said to Becky:
? ? ? ? "Say- I'll tell you what we'll do. 'Stead of going to Joe Harper's we'll climb right up the hill and stop at the Widow Douglas's. She'll have ice cream! She has it 'most every day- dead loads of it. And she'll be awful glad to have us."
? ? ? ? "O, that will be fun!"
? ? ? ? Then Becky reflected a moment and said:
? ? ? ? "But what will mamma say?"
? ? ? ? "How'll she ever know?"
? ? ? ? The girl turned the idea over in her mind, and said reluctantly:
? ? ? ? "I reckon it's wrong- but-"
? ? ? ? "But shucks! Your mother won't know, and so what's the harm? All she wants is that you'll be safe; and I bet you she'd 'a' said go there if she'd 'a' thought of it.
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