`` It is never any use to get in a stew about things , '' she was wont to say . So now she untied Nap gingerly , with many rueful glances at her geraniums , and led him away to the field behind the house , where she tied him safely to a post with such an abundance of knots that there was small fear of his getting away . When the mystified Cynthia Ann had returned home Miss Cordelia set about getting her tea and thinking over the plan that had come to her concerning her white elephant . `` I can keep him for the summer , '' she said . `` I 'll have to dispose of him in the fall for I 've no place to keep him in , and anyway I could n't afford to feed him . I 'll see if I can borrow Mr. Griggs 's express wagon for Saturday afternoons , and if I can those poor factory children in my grade shall have a weekly treat or my name is not Cordelia Herry . I 'm not so sure but that John Drew has done a good thing after all . Poor John ! He always did take things so for granted . '' * * * * * All the point pleasant people soon knew about Miss Cordelia 's questionable windfall , and she was overwhelmed with advice and suggestions . She listened to all tranquilly and then placidly followed her own way . Mr. Griggs was very obliging in regard to his old express wagon , and the next Saturday Point Pleasant was treated to a mild sensation -- nothing less than Miss Cordelia rattling through the village , enthroned on the high seat of Mr. Griggs 's yellow express wagon , drawn by old Nap who , after a week of browsing idleness in the four-acre field , was quite frisky and went at a decided amble down Elm Street and across the bridge . The long wagon had been filled up with board seats , and when Miss Cordelia came back over the bridge the boards were crowded with factory children -- pale-faced little creatures whose eyes were aglow with pleasure at this unexpected outing . Miss Cordelia drove straight out to the big pine-clad hills of Deepdale , six miles from Pottstown . Then she tied Nap in a convenient lane and turned the children loose to revel in the woods and fields . How they did enjoy themselves ! And how Miss Cordelia enjoyed seeing them enjoy themselves ! When dinner time came she gathered them all around her and went to the wagon . In it she had a basket of bread and butter . `` I ca n't afford anything more , '' she told Cynthia Ann , `` but they must have something to stay their little stomachs .
And I can get some water XXXXX a farmhouse . ''
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