[Rudder Grange by Frank R. Stockton]@TWC D-Link bookRudder Grange CHAPTER XV 13/20
That garden wall isn't high.' "'An' how about the trunk ?' says I. "'Oh, we'll take a few things in our pockets, an' lock up the trunk, an' ask the doctor to send for it when we get to the city.' "'All right,' says I.An' we went to work to get ready to leave. "About five o'clock in the afternoon, when it was a nice time to take a walk under the trees, we meandered quietly down to a corner of the back wall, where Jone thought it would be rather convenient to get over.
He hunted up a short piece of board which he leaned up ag'in the wall, an' then he put his foot on the top of that an' got hold of the top of the wall an' climbed up, as easy as nuthin'.
Then he reached down to help me step onto the board.
But jus' as he was agoin' to take me by the hand: 'Hello!' says he.
'Look a-there!' An' I turned round an' looked, an' if there wasn't Mrs.Andrew Jackson an' General Tom Thumb a-walkin' down the path. "'What shall we do ?' says I. "'Come along,' says he.
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