Westward Bound (Q104799369)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
short story by Naida Muriel Freudenberg
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Westward Bound |
short story by Naida Muriel Freudenberg |
Statements
_in_the_Jersey_Journal_from_March_8,_1930_and_March_15,_1930_and_March_22_1930.png)
Westward Bound (English)
0 references
1930
0 references
It seemed longer although it was only yesterday that Betty was back in Jersey City. On a clear, crisp, Autumn day she was wending her way, by auto, through the hills of Pennsylvania with Mr. and Mrs. Harding and their daughter, Sally. The two girls were, with the exception of a few months, the same age, fourteen. How well Betty could remember how she had scrambled up the stairs, back home, thinking she would never reach the top, to tell her mother, mLat seemed to her the most wonderful news in the world. Mr. Harding had to go to Chicago, on a business trip and thought it a good idea to take his wife and Sally with him. Knowing it would be lonesome for a girl of Sally's age. he had asked Betty to join them. Of course Betty's mother had consented not only because she wanted her daughter to have the opportunity of traveling and seeing the country, but Betty's grandmother lived on a farm at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The open touring car was rapidly speeding ahead, with Mr. and Mrs. Harding in the front seat and the two girls in back, surrounded by baggage. They had left Jersey City, two o'clock on Saturday afternoon and now, after having spent the night at Allentown, and the time being eleven thirty, they were anxious for a bite to eat. Soon Mrs. Harding said to her husband, "John, let's stop at the next stand, where there are benches and tables to have lunch. "Lucy, you certainly have wonderful ideas." said her husband, and Mrs. Harding smiled. ... (English)
0 references
Sitelinks
Wikipedia(0 entries)
Wikibooks(0 entries)
Wikinews(0 entries)
Wikiquote(0 entries)
Wikisource(1 entry)
- enwikisource Jersey Journal/1930/Westward Bound, Part I