Marjorie In Command

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XX A SPKING KAMBLE "Only think!" cried Marjorie, as she sprang out of bed, " Father and Mother are coming home today!" "Hooray!" cried Kitty, tumbling out of her bed at the joyful reminder. "Won't I be glad to see them, though! Aren't we going to celebrate?" "Not any regular celebration. It'll be fun enough just to see them, and hear them tell about their trip." "Yes, indeed; so it will. And, of course, we'll have ice cream." "Oh, of course; I told Ellen that, yesterday." A little later, two trim and tidy little Maynard girls went downstairs to the cheerful dining-room. "Hello-morning!" cried King, meeting them on the landing. "Going to school to-day, Mops?" "Yes, of course; why not?" "Oh, I thought as Mother's coming home, we might take a holiday." / "No, I don't want to. They don't come till afternoon, you know, and if I hung round here all day, I'd just die waiting for 'em. Going to school will fill up the morning, anyway." "That's so; say we go, then. Hello, Rosy Posy; did I 'most upset you?" The four danced into the dining-room, where Miss Larkin and breakfast awaited them. "I do think," said Midget, as she ate her cereal, "that, considering we're Maynards, we have behaved pretty well since Mother's been away." "Sure we have!" agreed King; " if I get much better, I'll spoil." "I'm spoiling for some mischief, as it is," said Marjorie, with dancing eyes. "Oh, Mops," begged Kitty, " don't cut up any jinks before Mother gets home." "Well, I won't," said Mops, who didn't mean her speech as seriously as Kitty took it; "but after she gets home, I'm going to cut up the biggest jink I can think of." "Are you, really?" said Miss Larkin, with such a horrified expression that the three children could not help giggling. "I dunno, Larky, ..".

"WELL," said Marjorie, "I think it's too perfectly, awfully, horribly dreadful for anythingin all this world!""I do, too," agreed King. "It's a calamity, and a catastrophe and a cat, -a cata-cataclysm!""Of course it is," said Kitty, who was philosophical. "But as it's all settled, and we've gotto live through it, we may as well make the best of it.""The best of it!" grumbled King; "there isn't any best! It's all outrageously horrid, andthat's all there is about it! I don't see how we can stand it.""S'pose we say we just won't stand it," suggested Marjorie; "do you think they'd stayhome?""No, indeedy!" declared King. "You know as well as I do, the tickets are bought, andeverything is arranged for.""Even us," said Kitty, sadly."Yes; even us," repeated her brother. "And how are we arranged for? Left in charge ofLarkin! Old Loony Larkin!""Hush, King, that's disrespectful," said Marjorie, laughing in spite of herself."Well, she is old; and she is Larkin; and I think she's loony!""But you mustn't say so, if you do," persisted Marjorie."Indeed you mustn't," said Mrs. Maynard, coming into the living room where the threechildren were holding an indignation meeting. "I'm ashamed of you, King!""Aw, Mother, forgive me this once, and I won't ever say such a thing again till next time."Kingdon sidled up to his mother, and nestled his cheek against hers in such a cajolingway, that Mrs. Maynard smiled, and forbore further reproof just then."But, dearies all," she went on, "you mustn't take such an attitude toward Miss Larkin;she's good and kind and will look after you nicely till I return.

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"WELL," said Marjorie, "I think it's too perfectly, awfully, horribly dreadful for anythingin all this world!""I do, too," agreed King. "It's a calamity, and a catastrophe and a cat, -a cata-cataclysm!""Of course it is," said Kitty, who was philosophical. "But as it's all settled, and we've gotto live through it, we may as well make the best of it.""The best of it!" grumbled King; "there isn't any best! It's all outrageously horrid, andthat's all there is about it! I don't see how we can stand it.""S'pose we say we just won't stand it," suggested Marjorie; "do you think they'd stayhome?""No, indeedy!" declared King. "You know as well as I do, the tickets are bought, andeverything is arranged for.""Even us," said Kitty, sadly."Yes; even us," repeated her brother. "And how are we arranged for? Left in charge ofLarkin! Old Loony Larkin!""Hush, King, that's disrespectful," said Marjorie, laughing in spite of herself."Well, she is old; and she is Larkin; and I think she's loony!""But you mustn't say so, if you do," persisted Marjorie."Indeed you mustn't," said Mrs. Maynard, coming into the living room where the threechildren were holding an indignation meeting. "I'm ashamed of you, King!""Aw, Mother, forgive me this once, and I won't ever say such a thing again till next time."Kingdon sidled up to his mother, and nestled his cheek against hers in such a cajolingway, that Mrs. Maynard smiled, and forbore further reproof just then."But, dearies all," she went on, "you mustn't take such an attitude toward Miss Larkin;she's good and kind and will look after you nicely till I return.

Carolyn Wells wrote a total of more than 170 books. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on poetry, humor, and children's books. Marjorie Maynard is a 12 year old American girl, mischievous, fun and always ready to get into trouble. Through the series of novels we follow her and her numerous adventures with cousins and friends. Marjorie Maynard Collection (6 Novels) Marjorie's Vacation, Marjorie's Busy Days, Marjorie's New Friend, Marjorie in Command, Marjorie's Maytime, Marjorie at Seacote.

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