A Pair of Them

The days sped by. The summer heat deepened and there were thankful hearts in the vine-covered mansion in Mt. Vernon Place. For Bonny-Gay was well again; able to run about her be...

“But I mean it. There isn’t another girl in the world would come here and be shut up in the house, day after day, just to amuse me, ’cause my leg’s broken, except you.”

But Mary Jane Bump was not the girl to be gloomy over anything for very long; least of all over anything so trifling as her own personal afflictions; and the morning saw her hop...

Again Mary Jane’s thoughts had been swift. She recalled the fact that “when Joe Stebbins had the fever and talked crazy-like, the doctor said we must answer just as if ’twas the...

She scrambled up somehow, picked her crutches from the ground and set off again. She dared not look behind her but was quite sure that the hard-faced policeman was in full pursu...

There was neither drug store nor doctor’s office near, and the Gray Gentleman’s instant decision was to carry Bonny-Gay to Mrs. Bump’s house. Strong man though he was he felt al...

But when things cleared a little, it was only Bonny-Gay! and the Gray Gentleman was supporting Mary Jane without her crutches--though she didn’t realize that, at first. Afterwar...

Mary Jane dropped her crutches on the floor and readjusted the baby. He had a most trying habit of not staying “put,” and sometimes the other children slapped him. Mary Jane nev...

The Gray Gentleman was very tall and dignified, yet he had a habit of doing whatever Bonny-Gay asked him. So he now doubled himself up and perched on the low curb surrounding th...