Part One
Part One - Chapter 1
_ PART ONE CHAPTER I
Across lots to the Brumble farm came the dusty apparition of a boy, a tousle-headed, freckle-faced, gaunt-eyed little fellow, clad in a sort of combination suit fashioned from a pair of overalls and a woman‘s shirtwaist. In search of "Miss M‘ri," he looked into the kitchen, the henhouse, the dairy, and the flower garden. Not finding her in any of these accustomed places, he stood still in perplexity.
"Miss M‘ri!" rang out his youthful, vibrant treble.
There was a note of promise in the pleasant voice that came back in subterranean response.
"Here, David, in the cellar."
The lad set down the tin pail he was carrying and eagerly sped to the cellar. His fondest hopes were realized. M‘ri Brumble, thirty odd years of age, blue of eye, slightly gray of hair, and sweet of heart, was lifting the cover from the ice-cream freezer.
"Well, David Dunne, you came in the nick of time," she said, looking up with kindly eyes. "It‘s j

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