[Gutenberg 37454] • The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson; Or, Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow
- Authors
- Crane, Laura Dent
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus
- Tags
- adventure and adventurers -- juvenile fiction , brigands and robbers -- juvenile fiction , childrens , hudson river (n.y. and n.j.) -- juvenile fiction , vacations -- juvenile fiction , young adult , girls -- societies and clubs -- juvenile fiction , automobile travel -- juvenile fiction
- Date
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.63 MB
- Lang
- en
I think I'd make a pretty good housemaid," said Barbara, on her knees, energetically polishing the floor of the cottage parlor. "Only housemaids don't wear gloves and all-over aprons and mobcaps," replied Mollie. "And they don't protect their skins from dust with cold cream," added Barbara, teasingly. "Do they, Molliekins?" "Oh well," replied Mollie, "duty and beauty rhyme, and every woman ought to try and keep her looks, according to the beauty pages in all the papers." "Poor old Molliekins!" exclaimed her sister. "Crowsfeet and gray hair at fifteen!