So I mean to be . '' `` Oh , Josie , Josie , '' said her grandmother in a scared voice . Her grandfather only repeated sternly , `` Go , take that rig off , girl , and let us hear no more of this . '' Joscelyn went but she left consternation behind her . Cyrus and Deborah could not have been more shocked if they had discovered the girl robbing her grandfather 's desk . They talked the matter over bitterly at the kitchen hearth that night . `` We have n't been strict enough with the girl , Mother , '' said Cyrus angrily . `` We 'll have to be stricter if we do n't want to have her disgracing us . Did you hear how she defied me ? ` So I mean to be , ' she says . Mother , we 'll have trouble with that girl yet . '' `` Do n't be too harsh with her , Pa ... it 'll maybe only drive her to worse , '' sobbed Deborah . `` I ai n't going to be harsh . What I do is for her own good , you know that , Mother . Josie is as dear to me as she is to you , but we 've got to be stricter with her . '' They were . From that day Josie was watched and distrusted . She was never permitted to be alone . There were no more solitary walks . She felt herself under the surveillance of cold , unsympathetic eyes every moment and her very soul writhed .
Joscelyn Morgan , the high-spirited daughter of high-spirited parents , could not long submit XXXXX such treatment .
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