Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenbooks, safely shut away from Scrabble, who, beinglikewise of a literary turn, was fond of making a circulatinglibrary of such books as were left in his way by eating theleaves. From this tin receptacle Jo produced anothermanuscript, and putting both in her pocket, crept quietlydownstairs, leaving her friends to nibble on her pens andtaste her ink.She put on her hat and jacket as noiselessly as possible,and going to the back entry window, got out upon theroof of a low porch, swung herself down to the grassybank, and took a roundabout way to the road. Once there,she composed herself, hailed a passing omnibus, and rolledaway to town, looking very merry and mysterious.If anyone had been watching her, he would havethought her movements decidedly peculiar, for onalighting, she went off at a great pace till she reached acertain number in a certain busy street. Having found theplace with some difficulty, she went into the doorway,looked up the dirty stairs, and after standing stock still aminute, suddenly dived into the street and walked away asrapidly as she came. This maneuver she repeated severaltimes, to the great amusement of a black-eyed younggentleman lounging in the window of a building opposite.On returning for the third time, Jo gave herself a shake,263 of 861