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IO
IO JOHNNY BLOSSOM
Johnny stood still, unconsciously kicking a
big hole in the path as he meditated. Perhaps
it would be just as well to go straight back home
again without seeing Uncle Isaac; but no — he
really needed a quarter terribly today; and on
he ran through the grounds and burst in at the
big entrance door of Kingthorpe.
The front hall was very grand. It was two
stories high and the floor was of checkered black
and white marble. Here you need not be so
careful about footmarks as on the other floors,
which were all highly polished.
Pshaw! There stood Miss Melling, Uncle
Isaac’s housekeeper. "Why! Is it you, John?
Is there anything particular wanted?"
There! Any one could see by that how horrid
she was — asking if he wanted anything in
particular!
"Oh, I just came to see Uncle Isaac, it is so
long since I was here."
"Long? It seems to me you were here only
last week."
"No, I wasn’t."
"Well, I don’t know whether your uncle is
well enough to see you today. I will find out."
How tiresome Miss Melling was! Well, if
she offered him cookies and jelly today, as
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