`` She licked me Wednesday night with a stick , '' said Mary , indifferently . `` It was 'cause I let the cow kick over a pail of milk . How 'd I know the darn old cow was going to kick ? '' A not unpleasant thrill ran over her listeners . They would never dream of using such dubious words , but it was rather titivating to hear someone else use them -- and a girl , at that . Certainly this Mary Vance was an interesting creature . `` I do n't blame you for running away , '' said Faith . `` Oh , I did n't run away 'cause she licked me . A licking was all in the day 's work with me . I was darn well used to it . Nope , I 'd meant to run away for a week 'cause I 'd found out that Mrs. Wiley was going to rent her farm and go to Lowbridge to live and give me to a cousin of hers up Charlottetown way . I was n't going to stand for THAT . She was a worse sort than Mrs. Wiley even . Mrs. Wiley lent me to her for a month last summer and I 'd rather live with the devil himself . '' Sensation number two . But Una looked doubtful . `` So I made up my mind I 'd beat it . I had seventy cents saved up that Mrs. John Crawford give me in the spring for planting potatoes for her . Mrs. Wiley did n't know about it . She was away visiting her cousin when I planted them .
I thought I 'd sneak up here XXXXX the Glen and buy a ticket to Charlottetown and try to get work there .
So about at for in over than that to with