| "I don't want to fight! I'm glad it's not ladylike to fight,it scares me so!" | [Frontispiece] |
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| "Here, baby darlint, go to sister Rosie" | [48] |
| Rosie gently lifted off his nightshirt and held the candleclose | [60] |
| "Because you kiss Janet McFadden, you needn't thinkyou can kiss any girl" | [106] |
| Rosie stared at him out of eyes that were very sad andvery serious | [148] |
| She read it again by the light of the candle | [290] |
| To be the confidant of Mrs. O'Brien in this particulardisappointment was embarrassing, to say the least | [298] |
| They all looked at Rosie, who sat, oblivious of them,staring off into nothing | [332] |
THE ROSIE WORLD
CHAPTER I
THE CHIN-CHOPPER
Mrs. O'Brien raised helpless distracted hands. "Off wid yez to school!" she shouted. "All of yez! Make room for George!" What Mrs. O'Brien really called her boarder is best represented by spelling his name Jarge.
"Maybe I didn't have a dandy fight on my last trip down," George announced as he took off his coat and began washing his hands at the sink.
The young O'Briens clustered about him eagerly.
"Did you lick him, Jarge?" Terry asked.
"Tell us about it!" Rosie begged.