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 at a farmhouse . '' Miss Cordelia had had her eye on a certain farmhouse all the morning . She did not know anything about the people who lived there , but she liked the looks of the place . It was a big , white , green-shuttered house , throned in wide-spreading orchards , with a green sweep of velvety lawn in front . To this Miss Cordelia took her way , surrounded by her small passengers , and they all trooped into the great farmhouse yard just as a big man stepped out of a nearby barn . As he approached , Miss Cordelia thought she had never seen anybody so much like an incarnate smile before .
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