`` I said I could n't be bad in that lovely place , and I was a cross , ungrateful girl after all they 've done for Mammy and me . Poor Jack was hurt the worst , and he was brave , though he did scream . I wish I could go and tell him so , and hear him say , ` All right . ' Oh , me , I 've spoiled the day ! '' A great sob choked more words , and Jill was about to have a comfortable cry , when someone entered the other room , and she saw Frank doing something with a long cord and a thing that looked like a tiny drum . Quiet as a bright-eyed mouse , Jill peeped out wondering what it was , and suspecting mischief , for the boy was laughing to himself as he stretched the cord , and now and then bent over the little object in his hand , touching it with great care . `` May be it 's a torpedo to blow up and scare me ; Jack likes to play tricks . Well , I 'll scream loud when it goes off , so he will be satisfied that I 'm dreadfully frightened , '' thought Jill , little dreaming what the last surprise of the day was to be . Presently a voice whispered , -- `` I say ! Are you awake ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Any one there but you ? '' `` No . '' `` Catch this , then . Hold it to your ear and see what you 'll get . '' The little drum came flying in , and , catching it , Jill , with some hesitation , obeyed Frank 's order . Judge of her amazement when she caught in broken whispers these touching words : -- `` Sorry I was cross . Forgive and forget . Start fair to-morrow . All right .
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Frank Jack Jill Judge Mammy Start choked cross right to-morrow