"(Signed) John Lord."
And Johnny kept his word like a hero.
| The world will never adjust itself To suit your whims to the letter. Some things must go wrong your whole life long, And the sooner you know it the better. |
| —Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
Story Of School Life
"Oh, girls! I shall just die, I know I shall!" exclaimed Belle Burnette, going off into a hysterical fit of laughter, which she vainly tried to smother behind an elegant lace-edged handkerchief.
"What is it, you provoking thing? Why don't you tell us, so we can laugh too?"