noon
Leaning upon his rake , Harold watched them out of sight , with a choking sensation in his throat as he wondered if it would always be thus with him , and if the day would never come when he , too , could know what leisure meant , with no thought for the morrow 's bread . ` I am Tom 's superior in everything but money , and yet he treats me like a dog , ' he said , as he seated himself upon the grass , where he sat fanning himself with his straw hat . When Jerry appeared in view he brightened at once , for in all the world there was not anything half so sweet and lovely to him as the little blue-eyed girl who seated herself beside him , and , nestling close to him , laid her curly head upon his arm . ` I 've come to help you rake the hay , ' she said , ` for grandma told me you had a headache at noon , and could n't eat your huckleberry pie . I am awfully sorry , Harold , but I ate it myself , it looked so good , instead of saving it for your supper . It was nasty and mean in me , and I hope it will make me sick . ' But Harold told her he did not care for the pie , and would rather that she would eat it if she liked it .