We're
glad you're going to school to have a good time with all those young
folks. Now what's that Chinaman want?"
Lee Chang came running from the bunk house, waving something tied in
white paper.
"Apple tart, Miss Betty!" he called imploringly. "Velly nice apple
tart--maybe the cook at that school no make good tarts."
Betty took the package and thanked him warmly and they drove on.
"People are so good to me," choked the girl. "I never knew I had so
many friends."
"Well, that's nothing to cry over," advised Bob philosophically. "You
ought to be glad. Do I get a crumb of the tart, Betsey?"
He spoke with a purpose and was rewarded by seeing Betty's own sunny
smile come out.
"You always do," she told him. "But wait till we get home. I want Ki to
have a piece, too."
Ki, it developed, when they reached the Watterby farm, had been busy with
farewell plans of his own.
"For you," he announced gravely to Bob, handing him an immense hunting
knife as he stepped out of the car.
"For you," he informed Betty with equal gravity, presenting her a little
silver nugget.
They both thanked him repeatedly, and he stalked off, carrying his piece
of the apple tart and apparently assured of their sincerity.
Pages:
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43