Tish

By: Rinehart, Mary Roberts, Avery

Book Excerpt: ...r breakfast she came down to the porch where Aggie and I were knitting."I've hurt my arm, Lizzie," she said. "I wish you'd come out and crank the car.""You'd better stay at home with an arm like that," I replied stiffly."Very well, I'll crank it myself.""Where are you going?""To the drug store for arnica."Bettina was not there, so I turned on Tish sharply. "I'll go, of course," I said; "but I'll not go without speaking my mind, Letitia Carberry. By and large, I've stood by you for twenty-five years, and now in the weakness of your age I'm not going to leave you. But I warn you, Tish, if you touch that racing-car again, I'll send for Charlie Sands.""I haven't any intention of touching it again," said Tish, meekly enough. "But I wish I could buy a second-hand racer cheap.""What for?" Aggie demanded.Tish looked at her with scorn. "To hold flowers on the dining-table," she snapped.It being necessary, of course, to leave a chaperon wit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08KH3R1FQ
• ISBN13: 9798679472662
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"