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"A quarter would more than do it, and leave a few...
"A quarter would more than do it, and leave a few cents over for a treat for youDon't you like limes?"
"Not muchYou may have my shareMake it last as long as you can, for it isn't very plenty, you know
"Oh, thank you! It must be so nice to have pocket money! I'll have a grand feast, for I haven't tasted a lime this weekI felt delicate about taking any, as I couldn't return them, and I'm actually suffering for one
Next day Amy was rather late at school, but could not resist the temptation of displaying, with pardonable pride, a moist brown-paper parcel, before she consigned it to the inmost recesses of her deskDuring the next few minutes the rumor that Amy March had got twenty- four delicious limes (she ate one on the way) and was going to treat circulated through her `set', and the attentions of her friends became quite overwhelmingKaty Brown invited her to her next party on the spotMary Kinglsey insisted on lending her her watch till recess, and Jenny Snow, a satirical young lady, who had basely twitted Amy upon her limeless state, promptly buried the hatchet and offered to furnish answers to certain appalling sumsBut Amy had not forgotten Miss Snow's cutting remarks about `some persons whose noses were gucci ladies watch not too flat to smell other people's limes, and stuck-up people who were not too proud to ask for them', and she instantly crushed `that Snow girl's' hopes by the withering telegram, "You needn't be so polite all of a sudden, for you won't get any
A distinguished personage happened to visit the school that morning, and Amy's beautifully drawn maps received praise, which honor to her foe rankled in the soul of Miss Snow, and caused Miss March to assume the airs of a studious young peacockBut, alas, alas! Pride goes before a fall, and the revengeful Snow turned the tables with disastrous successNo sooner had the guest paid the usual stale compliments and bowed himself out, than Jenny, under pretense of asking an important question, informed MrDavis, the teacher, that Amy March had pickled limes in her deskDavis had declared limes a contraband article, and solemnly vowed to publicly ferrule the first person who was found breaking the lawThis much-enduring man had succeeded in banishing chewing gum after a long and stormy war, had made a bonfire of the confiscated novels and newspapers, had suppressed a private post office, had forbidden distortions of the face, nicknames, and caricatures, and done all that one omega constellation man could do to keep half a hundred rebellious girls in orderBoys are trying enough to human patience, goodness knows, but girls are infinitely more so, especially to nervous gentlemen with tyrannical tempers and no more talent for teaching than DrDavis knew any quantity of Greek, Latin, algebra, and ologies of all sorts so he was called a fine teacher, and manners, morals, feelings, and examples were not considered of any particular importanceIt was a most unfortunate moment for denouncing Amy, and Jenny knew itDavis had evidently taken his coffee too strong that morning, there was an east wind, which always affected his neuralgia, and his pupils had not done him the credit which he felt he deservedTherefore, to use the expressive, if not elegant, language of a schoolgirl, "He was as nervous as a witch and as cross as a bear"The word `limes' was like fire to powder, his yellow face flushed, and he rapped on his desk with an energy which made Jenny skip to her seat with unusual rapidity
"Young ladies, attention, if you please!"
At the stern order the buzz ceased, and fifty pairs of blue, black, gray, and brown eyes were obediently fixed upon his awful countenance
"Miss March, come to the desk
Amy rose to gucci new bag comply with outward composure, but a secret fear oppressed her, for the limes weighed upon her conscience
"Bring with you the limes you have in your desk," was the unexpected command which arrested her before she got out of her seat whispered her neighbor, a young lady of great presence of mind
Amy hastily shook out half a dozen and laid the rest down before MrDavis, feeling that any man possessing a human heart would relent when that delicious perfume met his noseDavis particularly detested the odor of the fashionable pickle, and disgust added to his wrath
"Is that all?"
"Not quite," stammered Amy
"Bring the rest immediately
With a despairing glance at her set, she obeyed
"You are sure there are no more?'
"I never lie, sirNow take these disgusting things two by two, and throw them out of the window
There was a simultaneous sigh, which created quite a little gust, as the last hope fled, and the treat was ravished from their longing lipsScarlet with shame and anger, Amy went to and fro six dreadful times, and as each doomed couple, looking oh, so plump and juicy, fell from her reluctant hands, a shout from the street completed the anguish of the girls, for it told them that their feast was being exulted chanel purses over by the little Irish children, who were their sworn foesThis--this was too muchAll flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears
As Amy returned from her last trip, MrDavis gave a portentous "Hem!" and said, in his most impressive manner
"Young ladies, you remember what I said to you a week agoI am sorry this has happened, but I never allow my rules to be infringed, and I never break my wordMiss March, hold out your hand
Amy started, and put both hands behind her, turning on him an imploring look which pleaded for her better than the words she could not utterShe was rather a favorite with `old Davis', as, of course, he was called, and it's my private belief that he would have broken his word if the indignation of one irrepressible young lady had not found vent in a hissThat hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit's fate
"Your hand, Miss March!" was the only answer her mute appeal received, and too proud to cry or beseech, Amy set her teeth, threw bach her head defiantly, and bore without flinching several tingling blows on her little palmThey were neither many nor heavy, but that made no difference to balenciaga bag
"A quarter would more than do it, and leave a few cents over for a treat for youDon't you like limes?"
"Not muchYou may have my shareMake it last as long as you can, for it isn't very plenty, you know
"Oh, thank you! It must be so nice to have pocket money! I'll have a grand feast, for I haven't tasted a lime this weekI felt delicate about taking any, as I couldn't return them, and I'm actually suffering for one
Next day Amy was rather late at school, but could not resist the temptation of displaying, with pardonable pride, a moist brown-paper parcel, before she consigned it to the inmost recesses of her deskDuring the next few minutes the rumor that Amy March had got twenty- four delicious limes (she ate one on the way) and was going to treat circulated through her `set', and the attentions of her friends became quite overwhelmingKaty Brown invited her to her next party on the spotMary Kinglsey insisted on lending her her watch till recess, and Jenny Snow, a satirical young lady, who had basely twitted Amy upon her limeless state, promptly buried the hatchet and offered to furnish answers to certain appalling sumsBut Amy had not forgotten Miss Snow's cutting remarks about `some persons whose noses were gucci ladies watch not too flat to smell other people's limes, and stuck-up people who were not too proud to ask for them', and she instantly crushed `that Snow girl's' hopes by the withering telegram, "You needn't be so polite all of a sudden, for you won't get any
A distinguished personage happened to visit the school that morning, and Amy's beautifully drawn maps received praise, which honor to her foe rankled in the soul of Miss Snow, and caused Miss March to assume the airs of a studious young peacockBut, alas, alas! Pride goes before a fall, and the revengeful Snow turned the tables with disastrous successNo sooner had the guest paid the usual stale compliments and bowed himself out, than Jenny, under pretense of asking an important question, informed MrDavis, the teacher, that Amy March had pickled limes in her deskDavis had declared limes a contraband article, and solemnly vowed to publicly ferrule the first person who was found breaking the lawThis much-enduring man had succeeded in banishing chewing gum after a long and stormy war, had made a bonfire of the confiscated novels and newspapers, had suppressed a private post office, had forbidden distortions of the face, nicknames, and caricatures, and done all that one omega constellation man could do to keep half a hundred rebellious girls in orderBoys are trying enough to human patience, goodness knows, but girls are infinitely more so, especially to nervous gentlemen with tyrannical tempers and no more talent for teaching than DrDavis knew any quantity of Greek, Latin, algebra, and ologies of all sorts so he was called a fine teacher, and manners, morals, feelings, and examples were not considered of any particular importanceIt was a most unfortunate moment for denouncing Amy, and Jenny knew itDavis had evidently taken his coffee too strong that morning, there was an east wind, which always affected his neuralgia, and his pupils had not done him the credit which he felt he deservedTherefore, to use the expressive, if not elegant, language of a schoolgirl, "He was as nervous as a witch and as cross as a bear"The word `limes' was like fire to powder, his yellow face flushed, and he rapped on his desk with an energy which made Jenny skip to her seat with unusual rapidity
"Young ladies, attention, if you please!"
At the stern order the buzz ceased, and fifty pairs of blue, black, gray, and brown eyes were obediently fixed upon his awful countenance
"Miss March, come to the desk
Amy rose to gucci new bag comply with outward composure, but a secret fear oppressed her, for the limes weighed upon her conscience
"Bring with you the limes you have in your desk," was the unexpected command which arrested her before she got out of her seat whispered her neighbor, a young lady of great presence of mind
Amy hastily shook out half a dozen and laid the rest down before MrDavis, feeling that any man possessing a human heart would relent when that delicious perfume met his noseDavis particularly detested the odor of the fashionable pickle, and disgust added to his wrath
"Is that all?"
"Not quite," stammered Amy
"Bring the rest immediately
With a despairing glance at her set, she obeyed
"You are sure there are no more?'
"I never lie, sirNow take these disgusting things two by two, and throw them out of the window
There was a simultaneous sigh, which created quite a little gust, as the last hope fled, and the treat was ravished from their longing lipsScarlet with shame and anger, Amy went to and fro six dreadful times, and as each doomed couple, looking oh, so plump and juicy, fell from her reluctant hands, a shout from the street completed the anguish of the girls, for it told them that their feast was being exulted chanel purses over by the little Irish children, who were their sworn foesThis--this was too muchAll flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears
As Amy returned from her last trip, MrDavis gave a portentous "Hem!" and said, in his most impressive manner
"Young ladies, you remember what I said to you a week agoI am sorry this has happened, but I never allow my rules to be infringed, and I never break my wordMiss March, hold out your hand
Amy started, and put both hands behind her, turning on him an imploring look which pleaded for her better than the words she could not utterShe was rather a favorite with `old Davis', as, of course, he was called, and it's my private belief that he would have broken his word if the indignation of one irrepressible young lady had not found vent in a hissThat hiss, faint as it was, irritated the irascible gentleman, and sealed the culprit's fate
"Your hand, Miss March!" was the only answer her mute appeal received, and too proud to cry or beseech, Amy set her teeth, threw bach her head defiantly, and bore without flinching several tingling blows on her little palmThey were neither many nor heavy, but that made no difference to balenciaga bag
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