human
Bah! shame me to be sorry. It are goot! goot! Ulrica vill be glad. Ven you come back?
gpt
Early next summer, replied Nelly.
human
Mr. Cook always comes to Colorado in June.
gpt
See! it are not done: that goot-for-not'ing Sachs he promise, promise, all de time promise to make buttons.
human
What is it, Ulrica?
gpt
Oh, you not know? It are gown,--Swede gown for you: like mine child.
human
Oh! how good of you, Ulrica! she said.
gpt
Mrs. Cook would love to see me put that dress on, I am sure. I will wear it sometimes in the house, when I am in New York, to remind me of you.
human
I get buttons to-day! said Ulrica, fiercely.
gpt
I stay by dat Sachs till he cut dem. It are not work: he do it in five minnit. You come again to-night: it are done.
human
Good-by, dear! You are a brave little girl, and deserve to have a nice, long play-spell; and I am glad you are going to have one. Wait a minute, and I will give you something to wear on your journey. Then she ran upstairs, and brought down a nice leather belt with a pretty little leather bag hanging from it, just big enough to hold a purse.
gpt
There, that is to keep your purse in, and your railroad ticket,
human
You haf earn that you haf playtime, he said.
gpt
You haf vork all summer like von voman more as von little girl.
human
I wonder why they all say such things to me, thought Nelly.
gpt
I am sure I don't know what I have done. If they mean selling the eggs, that was only fun.
human
Do you mean selling the eggs, sir? asked honest Nelly.
gpt
That was not work: it was just fun. Rob and I never had such a good time before. We would have liked to come every day.
human
I know! I know! he said.
gpt
You are not like American childs.
human
And vat do become of the Goot Luck mine? I not hear not'ing since.
gpt
Oh! said Nelly,
human
I say not, it are wort not'ing, replied Mr. Kleesman:
gpt
I say it not pay to work it. It cost too much for so little silver as come out.
human
Yes, sir; papa understood that, said Nelly;
gpt
Come in! come in! Can you to vait von little? I make for you silver rose, that you carry viz you.
human
Oh, thank you!