18 THE GIRL’S STORY BOOK.

 

into tears, and cried nearly all
the time her father and mother
were gone. It was a sad. dis-
appointment to her—the loss
of that ride. It was her own
fault, though, and she saw that
she had nobody to blame but
herself.

You might suppose that the
lesson she learned at this time
would: have cured her of this
bad habit. But it did not cure