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Title: Nancy Lee's spring term
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Dunton, Edith K. (Edith Kellogg), b. 1875
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Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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se Im supposed to be ready for bed now.Its awfully inconvenient to be on your honor allthe time, because of Timmy, isnt it? Good-night,Grace. Three minutes later Nancy Lee lay in her ownbed, ready for the sleep that usually came to heras soon as her head touched its pillow. She wasready for it to-night, between excitement, andexertion, and the unusually late hour. The bedfelt deliciously soft and comfy, and Nancysnuggled down as contentedly as a sleepy kitten.But the next minute she was sitting bolt upright,struck by a sudden thought. Timmys money!She hadnt given it to Miss Marshall to put in thesafe. She hadnt even looked to see if it was stillin her desk. But of course it was ! Nancy crept softly out into the study and openedthe little drawer. There was a reassuring crumpleof stiff bills as she put her hand in; and thenNancy gave a low cry of surprise and dismay.There were just two bills in the box, and underthem a wad of soft paper to hold them up and make the drawer look full. 274
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NOW, LOOK AGAIN A SI OR, LENOXT1J-DEN FOUNDATION A RACE AND A ROBBERT 11 Grace ! called Nancy, and in a minute Grace,shivering with fright over the first noise thatNancy had made, appeared at her side. Themoney is gone ! whispered Nancy, her eyes roundwith horror. Timmys money! All but twobills. Oh, Grace, isnt it dreadful ? Grace felt her way among the huddled bric-a-brac on Nancys desk until she found the matches. Now, she said, when she had lighted both ofNancys slender brass tapers, now, look again,Nancy, and be quite sure/5 Nancys yellow head bent low over the drawer.Then she pulled it out of the desk and held it upfor Grace to see. The two bills that are left areones, she said despairingly, and the tissue paperunderneath is some that was in my waste-basket.Oh, Grace, what shall we do ? Grace sat down deliberately in Nancys deskchair. Its too late to do anything to-night, Iguess, she said finally. Oh, but we must, Grace, wailed Nancy. Imust, I mean. Im treasurer of Timmys money,y

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