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Marjorie's New Friend By: Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) |
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BY CAROLYN WELLS Author of the "Patty" Books [Illustration: "'HERE'S THE BOOK', SAID MISS HART.... 'HOW MANY LEAVES
HAS IT!'"] CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A BOTHERSOME BAG II. A WELCOME CHRISTMAS GIFT III. MERRY CHRISTMAS! IV. HAPPY NEW YEAR! V. A TEARFUL TIME VI. THE GOING OF GLADYS VII. THE COMING OF DELIGHT VIII. A VISIT TO CINDERELLA IX. A STRAW RIDE X. MAKING VALENTINES XI. MARJORIE CAPTIVE XII. MISS HART HELPS XIII. GOLDFISH AND KITTENS XIV. A PLEASANT SCHOOL XV. A SEA TRIP XVI. A VALENTINE PARTY XVII. A JINKS AUCTION XVIII. HONEST CONFESSION XIX. A VISIT FROM GLADYS XX. CHESSY CATS
CHAPTER I
A BOTHERSOME BAG "Mother, are you there?" "Yes, Marjorie; what is it, dear?" "Nothing. I just wanted to know. Is Kitty there?" "No; I'm alone, except for Baby Rosy. Are you bothered?" "Yes, awfully. Please tell me the minute Kitty comes. I want to see her." "Yes, dearie. I wish I could help you." "Oh, I wish you could! You'd be just the one!" This somewhat unintelligible conversation is explained by the fact that
while Mrs. Maynard sat by a table in the large, well lighted living room,
and Rosy Posy was playing near her on the floor, Marjorie was concealed
behind a large folding screen in a distant corner. The four Japanese panels of the screen were adjusted so that they
enclosed the corner as a tiny room, and in it sat Marjorie, looking very
much troubled, and staring blankly at a rather hopeless looking mass of
brocaded silk and light green satin, on which she had been sewing. The
more she looked at it, and the more she endeavored to pull it into shape,
the more perplexed she became. "I never saw such a thing!" she murmured, to herself. "You turn it
straight, and then it's wrong side out, and then you turn it back, and
still it's wrong side out! I wish I could ask Mother about it!" The exasperating silk affair was a fancy work bag which Marjorie was
trying to make for her mother's Christmas present. And that her mother
should not know of the gift, which was to be a surprise, of course,
Marjorie worked on it while sitting behind the screen. It was a most
useful arrangement, for often Kitty, and, sometimes, even Kingdon, took
refuge behind its concealing panels, when making or wrapping up gifts for
each other that must not be seen until Christmas Day. Indeed, at this hour, between dusk and dinner time, the screened off
corner was rarely unoccupied. It was a carefully kept rule that no one was to intrude if any one else
was in there, unless, of course, by invitation of the one in possession.
Marjorie did not like to sew, and was not very adept at it, but she had
tried very hard to make this bag neatly, that it might be presentable
enough for her mother to carry when she went anywhere and carried her
work. So Midget had bought a lovely pattern of brocaded silk for the outside,
and a dainty pale green satin for the lining. She had seamed up the two
materials separately, and then had joined them at the top, thinking that
when she turned them, the bag would be neatly lined, and ready for the
introduction of a pretty ribbon that should gather it at the top. But,
instead, when she sewed her two bags together, they did not turn into
each other right at all. She had done her sewing with both bags wrong
side out, thinking they would turn in such a way as to conceal all the
seams. But instead of that, not only were all the seams on the outside,
but only the wrong sides of the pretty materials showed, and turn and
twist it as she would, Marjorie could not make it come right. Her mother could have shown her where the trouble lay, but Marjorie
couldn't consult her as to her own surprise, so she sat and stared at the
exasperating bag until Kitty came. "Come in here, Kit," called Midget, and Kitty carefully squeezed herself
inside the screen. "What's the matter, Mopsy? Oh, is it Mother's " "Sh!" said Marjorie warningly, for Kitty was apt to speak out
thoughtlessly, and Mrs... Continue reading book >>
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