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Title: Bessie on her travels
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe), 1849-1901 Robert Carter & Brothers. pbl John Wilson and Son. prt
Subjects: Girls Families Christian life Seashore Ocean travel Vacations Railroad travel Missing children Nannies
Publisher: New York : Robert Carter and Brothers
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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southern fashion of sending flowers to all new-
comers and strangers ; they were twisted
among her curls and worn in her bosom, laid
beside her plate at meals, and she would even
have slept with them on her pillow, if mamma
would have allowed it.
She made a pretty picture as she sat upon
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82 Bessie on her Travels.

the staircase of the House, the day after
their arrival, her lap full of red, white, and
yellow roses, which she was arranging with
no small taste and daintiness into bouquets
for her people.
Three pair of eyes were watching her,—
those of a grave-looking gentleman, who stood
at the foot of the stairs; and those of Ar-
thur and Charlotte Lathrop, who were peering
at her over the banisters from above. But
Bessie noticed neither until Arthur called her
attention by making a sound like a snarling
dog. Bessie started and looked up, then went
on with her work in silence.
" I say,
said Arthur, " are you making a
wreath of roses for that old Mother Hubbard
you took such a fancy to on board the steam-
er ?"
Bessie made no answer.
" Why don't you speak when youre spoken
to ?" said Arthur.
" Did you give your tongue
to Mother Hubbard ?"
" When Im talked to politely, I always do
speak," said the little girl.
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Bessie's Travels. p. 82.

An Old Enemy but New Friend. 83

" Oh! and we're not polite enough to suit
you, I suppose," said Arthur, sneeringly.
" 'Tis only engineers' daughters and the
like who are fit company for her," joined in
Charlotte.
" We might go and take lessons from
Mother Hubbard, and then perhaps she'd like
us better," said Arthur. "I say. Miss Brad-
ford, what school did you learn your manners
in, that you don't speak when you're spoken
to?"
Bessie remained silent again.
" Do you hear ?" shouted Arthur. "
" Once I heard of a school where they only
paid two cents for learning manners," said
Bessie, demurely.
" What then ?" asked Arthur.
" I should think that was the kind of a
school you had been to," answered Bessie.
" And why, Id like to know ?"
" Cause I shouldn't think they could teach
much manners for two cents."
Arthur was a clever boy with a quick sense

84 Bessie on her Travels.

of humor; and he was so struck with what
he considered the wit and smartness of the
retort, that he forgot to be angry, and, instead
of making a sharp answer, broke out into a
hearty laugh.

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