Lyman Frank Baum

Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls Lyman Frank Baum

Book Excerpt: ...hem with scorn and opprobrium, which they'll richly deserve if they hang on till it comes to that. If the threats don't make 'em buy, we'll cry--and every tear will sell a bond!"The Colonel stirred his coffee thoughtfully."You might try it," he suggested. "I've read that in some cities the Boy Scouts have been successful in placing the bonds. It's an honorable undertaking, in any event, but--I hope you will meet with no insults.""If that rank pro-German, Jake Kasker, will buy bonds, there isn't a man in Dorfield who can give a logical excuse for not doing likewise," declared Mary Louise. "I'm going to use Kasker to shame the rest of them. But, before I undertake this job, I shall make a condition, Gran'pa. You must stay quietly at home while we girls do the work.""Oh, I could not do that, Mary Louise.""You're not fit to leave the house. Will you try my plan for one day--just for to-day.""I'll think it over, dear," he said, rising. She assisted him to the...