Monday noon
Oh , sugar ! '' They found pleasure in the delicately chosen shade of this oath . He also recited to them a new verse about how he took his Looloo girl to the schoolhouse for to learn her A B C ; and as it was quite original and unprintable , the camp laughed and swore joyfully , and rolled in its blankets to sleep under the stars . Upon a Monday noon likewise -LRB- for things will happen so -RRB- some tearful people in petticoats waved handkerchiefs at a train that was just leaving Bennington , Vermont . A girl 's face smiled back at them once , and withdrew quickly , for they must not see the smile die away . She had with her a little money , a few clothes , and in her mind a rigid determination neither to be a burden to her mother nor to give in to that mother 's desires . Absence alone would enable her to carry out this determination .