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Theneighbors'hhtedup,andagoodmanypeoutoftheireningtheirdoors,andgtoeachothertoknowwhatallthis.
&hepoliappearedwithJimahisheels,quiteacrowdgatheredaroundhimtohearhispartofthestory.JimandIdroppedonthegroundpantingashardaswedwithlittlestreamsfrues.Wewerebothprettywellusedup.Jim'sbackwasbleedinginseveralplathestoJenkinshadthrownathim,andIwasamassofbruises.
&lywewerediscovered,aafusswasmadeoverus.&qus!
Nobledogs!
"everybodysaid,andpattedandpraisedus.Wewereveryproudandhappy,andstoodupaails,atleastJimdid,aIcould.Thentheyfoundwhatastatewewerein.Mrs.Morrisdgmeupinherarms,raninthehousewithme,andJackfollowedwitholdJi
&intotheparloodfirethere,andMissLauraandMissBessieweresittiheyspraheysawus,andrightthereintheparlorwashedourwounds,andmadeusliedownbythefire.
"Yousavedoursilver,braveJoe,"saidMissBessie,"justwaittillmypapaandmammae,aheywillsay.Well,Jack,whatisthelatest?"astheMorrisboyscametroopingintotheroo
"Thepolihasbeeioningyournurse,andexaminingthedining-room,andhasgoothestationtomakehisreport,anddoyouknowwhathehasfoundout?"saidJack,excitedly.
"No,what?"askedMissBessie.
"Whythatvillainwasgoingtoburnyourhouse."
MissBessiegavealittleshriek."Why,whatdoyoumean?"
"Well,"saidJack,"theythinkbywhattheydiscovered,thatheplaopackhisbagwithsilver,andcarryitoff;butjustbeforehedidsohewouldpouroilaroundtheroom,aoit,sopeoplewouldnotfindoutthathehadbeenrobbingyou."
"Whywemighthaveallbeeh,"saidMissBessie."He'tburnthedining-roomwithoutsettiherestofthehouse."
"lynot,"saidJack,"thatshowswhatavillai;
"Dotheyknowthisfor,Jack?"askedMissLaura.
"Well,theysupposeso;theyfoulesofoilalongwiththebaghehadforthesilver."
"Howhorrible!
YoldJoe,perhapsyousavedourlives,"ayMissBessiekissedmyugly,swollenhead.Iothingbutlickherlittlehand,butalwaysafterthatIthoughtagreatdealofher.
&daytheDruryse,ahingwasfoundoutaboutJenkins.Hewasmadetofessallthis.Thenforhiswiesshewassenttoprisonfortenyears,andIhopehewillgettobeabettermanthere,aerheesout.
在莫里斯家的第一个冬天,我经历了一场惊心动魄的冒险。
那是圣诞节的前一个星期,天气有雾又寒冷。
那天,我懒懒地躺在火炉旁,累极了。
这时,门开了,一个叫贝西·德鲁里的年轻女孩走了进来。
她从马路对面她父亲的屋子里跑出来,头上戴着帽子,脖子上围着围巾。
“哦,莫里斯夫人,”
她说,“你可以今晚让劳拉过来陪陪我吗?妈妈刚才接到从班格传来的电报,说她的姨妈,也就是科尔夫人重病,她要去看她,爸爸今晚陪她一起乘火车去,妈妈怕我没有劳拉陪伴会孤单。”
“好吧,”
莫里斯夫人说道,“我想劳拉很乐意陪你的。”
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