The Secret of the Clan
Alice Brown
Paperback
(TheClassics.us, Sept. 12, 2013)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...apron, " that the children should have outgrown these and they're not even thin?" "Oh, dear!" said Grandma. She had turned quite pink, and she looked as if she had never known until now just how wrong she had been. "I'm afraid they haven't been worn much." "Apparently," said Crandma. "But that's the mystery. Why haven't they been worn?" "Oh, the children don't like them," said Grandma, hurriedly, "and they forget them, and I forget to tell them, and there we are. I'm afraid I haven't managed well at all." "No," said Crandma, solemnly. "No, Amelia, you certainly have not. Well, they will wear their aprons now. They will wear their aprons, and they will go to the public school--and we shall ti see. All that day it rained, "lickety splitMarcia said, and the next day it rained. The trunks were aired, and a new key fitted to one of them, and Tender-and-True kept on sewing, and we had our favorite things to eat. It looked as if Mary found no other way to show her feelings, and she fed us till we could eat no more. On one point Crandma had yielded; but that was because Grandma was so surprisingly firm. "I can't separate the children from Pete," she had said. "I can't do that, Susan. The dog must go along." They had discussed it a whole day, Grandma growing pinker and pinker, but never retreating an inch, and finally Crandma had given in. "Very well," said she. "He can go. Alfred will find a place for him in the stable." But Pete, dear Pete, was not used to sleeping in a stable. Our spirits sank lower yet. Uncle Terry had gone away. That, too, depressed us. He might not be on our side, but he was fair and kind, and...