"
"H'm, well,--somebody ought to entertain Patty. Mother, what are your
plans?"
"I have to go out to Cambridge this afternoon to collect for the Dorcas Aid
Society. Patty can go with me if she likes, but I'm afraid she wouldn't
enjoy it very much."
"No, I'll take Patty with me," said Cousin Elizabeth, very decidedly.
"She'll like the Authors' Tea, I know, and if we have time, we'll look in
at the Library."
When luncheon was over, they all flew away on their respective errands, and
Cousin Elizabeth told Patty to put on her hat and coat, and meet her in the
reception-room in ten minutes.
CHAPTER X
PATTY'S PRANKS
Somehow the time passed quickly in Boston; in fact, the Fleming family
seemed fairly to push it along, they hurried so.
At any rate they wasted none of it, and after a few weeks, Patty fell into
the ways of the household, and hurried along with the rest.
Indeed she had to do so, or be left behind, for her cousins were like Time
and Tide, and waited for no man, or little girl either.
She went to school with Ruth, but found herself far behind the New England
girl in her studies, so she took her place in a lower class, and Ruth
kindly helped her with her lessons at home.
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