THE APPLE TREE GIRL
"The young fellows are running after her."
"Pooh! You mean that young spark from Penfield?"
"Yes, him. I see him around in his car again this afternoon."
"Don't you worry about him. I see Charlotte talking to him the other day—and the stiff way she was holding her back! I tell you right now, he might as well stay home and save his gaso-leen."
In this spirited manner the village gossiped about young Doctor Kennedy, and if the old dame could have seen him at that moment her opinion of his chances would have gone down lower yet. Charlotte had been practicing difficult shots in the old gravel pit when Neil's car stopped.
"Hello, Charlotte!" he cheerfully cried.
She gave him a glance which seemed to say "What? You here again?" And turning back to her practice she
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