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Camp Laurence

           IfheaskedhertodeliveraLatinoration,itwouldnothaveseemedamoreimpossibletasktobashfulBeth,buttherewasnoplacetorunto,noJotohidebehindnow,andthepoorboylookedsowistfullyatherthatshebravelyresolvedtotry.

           "Whatdoyouliketotalkabout?"sheasked,fumblingoverthecardsanddroppinghalfasshetriedtotiethemup.

           "Well,Iliketohearaboutcricketandboatingandhunting,"saidFrank,whohadnotyetlearnedtosuithisamusementstohisstrength.

           Myheart!WhatshallIdo?Idon’tknowanythingaboutthem,thoughtBeth,andforgettingtheboy’smisfortuneinherflurry,shesaid,hopingtomakehimtalk,"Ineversawanyhunting,butIsupposeyouknowallaboutit."

           "Ididonce,butIcanneverhuntagain,forIgothurtleapingaconfoundedfive-barredgate,sotherearenomorehorsesandhoundsforme,"saidFrankwithasighthatmadeBethhateherselfforherinnocentblunder.

           "Yourdeeraremuchprettierthanouruglybuffaloes,"shesaid,turningtotheprairiesforhelpandfeelinggladthatshehadreadoneoftheboys’booksinwhichJodelighted.

           Buffaloesprovedsoothingandsatisfactory,andinhereagernesstoamuseanother,Bethforgotherself,andwasquiteunconsciousofhersisters’surpriseanddelightattheunusualspectacleofBethtalkingawaytooneofthedreadfulboys,againstwhomshehadbeggedprotection.

           "Blessherheart!Shepitieshim,sosheisgoodtohim,"saidJo,beamingatherfromthecroquetground.

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