Excerpt: ...disgust. "Why, years ago when we lived in Napsburg, where the twins were born, he made an awful mistake-and to our minister, too." "Aw," objected Gummy, "can't you keep anything to yourself?" "Go on," urged Janice. "Now, I say!" again protested the boy. "Listen, Janice!" giggled Amy. "It's awfully funny. The minister met Gummy on the street and asked him what we had decided to call the twins. "'You know, I expect to christen them, Gumswith, ' he said to Gummy, 'and I want to be sure to get the names right. What ...
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Excerpt: ...disgust. "Why, years ago when we lived in Napsburg, where the twins were born, he made an awful mistake-and to our minister, too." "Aw," objected Gummy, "can't you keep anything to yourself?" "Go on," urged Janice. "Now, I say!" again protested the boy. "Listen, Janice!" giggled Amy. "It's awfully funny. The minister met Gummy on the street and asked him what we had decided to call the twins. "'You know, I expect to christen them, Gumswith, ' he said to Gummy, 'and I want to be sure to get the names right. What are they?' "And what do you suppose Gummy said?" "I am sure I couldn't guess," Janice declared. "Let's see: the twins are Sydney and Kate, aren't they? "That is right," giggled Amy. "But Gummy told the minister we had decided to call them 'Kidney and Steak'!" Janice herself was convulsed with laughter at this. Gummy was annoyed about it. "Why don't you keep something to yourself once in a while, Amy?" he growled to his sister. "Janice will think I'm a perfect chump." "Come on now, Gummy," Janice interrupted cheerily. "You are keeping something to yourself that I very much want to know." "Oh! About that Swede! Amy knocked it clear out of my head," declared the boy. "Well, let us hear about it," urged Janice. "Why, I overtook the girl at the brook," said Gummy, getting the statement right this time. "She might be just the girl you are looking for, from what you told me about her looks. I saw her face plainly when I passed her." "Where did she go?" "To that little house at the end of the farm road, just where it opens into the turnpike. Oh, I've seen the place before. I drove out past there the other day for Mr. Harriman." "That must be the Johnson's house," Janice said. "That is what Stella said the tenant's name was." "Well, she went in there," said Gummy. "She seemed in a dreadful hurry. She pounded on the door, and she called to them in Swedish. I waited behind the hedge until she got in and the family was quieted down again." "That's good!...
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Illustrated by Corinne Turner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. A reprint edition. Foxing on edges, else very good in a very good (moderate edge wear) dust jacket.
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Corinne Turner. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pub by Goldsmith, copyright 1919. NOT exLib. VG cond. hardcover w/ VG unclipped pict dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Red cloth over bds w/ muted gilt lettering on spine. Frontis illus in b&w by Corinne Turner. Very light edgewear to dj, still 99% intact & displays very well. 307pp. Square, straight, tight & clean except as noted, overall VG/VG cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.
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