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Show Page 29 Major Otis was laboriously climbing on his mount [wrote AnnJ just when my toe got out of control and really made things interesting. That unruly toe stuck itself right into old Gussie's flank with a nasty jab. The gentle Gussie came unbuttoned, and went down across the meadow, bucking and kicking. The Major was left flattened out on the sand like a flap jack. Ann knew her mischief had gotten her into trouble, so at the first opportunity she escaped, to hide out until daylight and avoid the lecture she knew was coming from Slippery Jim her self-appointed guardian and disciplinarian. Ann's plan was unsuccessful, for the following morning Slippery caught her sneaking into the kitchen for some food. He delivered a scathing lecture. "It ain't human," Slippery thundered. "You ain't going to be no Injin Chief no-how. That was alright for you to make play with when you was a little cuss, but I can't see why in tarnation you want to be an Injin. "When you got in from school the other day," he continued, "you was looking plumb ladylike. Now you look like somethin' chased out of the bush. You shore are a disappointment to me. "Why in thunder do we try to get you ejicated for anyhow? I was so ashamed of you yesterday in that terrible outfit. If |