human
Leave them by the teacher's desk, Grant, and as he untied the horse, she called,
gpt
Now you will get that door in to-night without fail--won't you? I'll be down and we'll put in the south partition in the morning.
human
Oh mother, she cried,
gpt
she smiled and her mother smiled with her,--
human
Well, Laura, don't you think--
gpt
Now, mother, she went on,
human
Laura laughed a little at her mother's surprised glance,
gpt
She drew in a deep, tired breath,
human
There, she sighed,
gpt
Laura, you are very tired.
human
Yes, mother, the daughter answered.
gpt
The mothers are so hungry for help down there in South Harvey, and, she added a little drearily--
human
And I'm going to find something worth doing--something fine and good.
gpt
You know I'm glad about Morty Sands. Grant thinks Morty sincerely wants to amount to something real--to help and be more than a money grubber! If the old spider would just let him out of the web!
human
Well, Laura, about the only money grubbing Morty seems to be doing is grubbing money out of his father to maintain his race horse.
gpt
Mother, did you know that little Ruth Morton is going to begin taking vocal lessons this summer? The mother shook her head.
human
Grant says Mr. Brotherton's paying for it. He thinks she has a wonderful voice.
gpt
Voice-- cut in Mrs. Nesbit,
human
Yes, mother, but you've never heard her sing; she has a beautiful, deep, contralto voice, but the treble above 'C' is a trifle squeaky, and Mr. Brotherton says he's 'going to have it oiled'; so she's to 'take vocal' regularly.
gpt
Where does Mr. Brotherton come in, Laura?
human
Oh, mother, he's always been a kind of god-father to those girls. You know as well as I that Emma's been playing with that funeral choir of yours and Mr. Brotherton's all these years, only because he got her into it, and Grant says he's kept Mrs. Herdicker from discharging Martha for two years, just by sheer nerve. Of course Grant gets it from Mr. Brotherton but Grant says Martha is so pretty she's such a trial to Mrs. Herdicker! I like Martha, but, mother, she just thinks she should be carried round on a chip because of her brown eyes and red hair and dear little snubby nose. Grant says Mr. Brotherton is trying to get the money someway to float the Captain's stock company and put his Household Horse on the market. I think Mr. Brotherton is a fine man, mother--he's always doing things to help people.
gpt
George Brotherton, Laura, said her mother as she stood at full length looking down upon her child,