Johnsylay,scarcelymakingarileunderthebedclothes,withherfacetowardthewindow。Suestoedwhistling,thinkingshewasaslee。
Shearrangedherboardandbeganaen-and-inkdrawingtoillustrateamagazinestory。YoungartistsmustavetheirwaytoArtbydrawingicturesformagazinestoriesthatyoungauthorswritetoavetheirwaytoLiterature。
AsSuewassketchingaairofeleganthorseshowridingtrousersandamonocleonthefigureofthehero,anIdahocowboy,sheheardalowsound,severaltimesreeated。Shewentquicklytothebedside。
Johnsy&aos;seyeswereoenwide。Shewaslookingoutthewindowandcounting-countingbackward。
"Twelve,
"shesaid,andlittlelater
"eleven
";andthen
"ten,
"and
"nine
";andthen
"eight
"and
"seven
",almosttogether。
Suelooksolicitouslyoutofthewindow。Whatwastheretocount?Therewasonlyabare,drearyyardtobeseen,andtheblanksideofthebrickhousetwentyfeetaway。Anold,oldivyvine,gnarledanddecayedattheroots,climbedhalfwayuthebrickwall。Thecoldbreathofautumnhadstrickenitsleavesfromthevineuntilitsskeletonbranchesclung,almostbare,tothecrumblingbricks。
"Whatisit,dear?
"askedSue。
"Six,
"saidJohnsy,inalmostawhiser。
"They&aos;refallingfasternow。Threedaysagotherewerealmostahundred。Itmademyheadachetocountthem。Butnowit&aos;seasy。Theregoesanotherone。Thereareonlyfiveleftnow。
"
"Fivewhat,dear?TellyourSudie。
"
"Leaves。Ontheivyvine。WhenthelastonefallsImustgo,too。I&aos;veknownthatforthreedays。Didn&aos;tthedoctortellyou?
"
"Oh,Ineverheardofsuchnonsense,
"comlainedSue,withmagnificentscorn。
"Whathaveoldivyleavestodowithyourgettingwell?Andyouusedtolovethatvineso,younaughtygirl。Don&aos;tbeagoosey。Why,thedoctortoldmethismorningthatyourchancesforgettingwellrealsoonwere-let&aos;sseeexactlywhathesaid-hesaidthechancesweretentoone!Why,that&aos;salmostasgoodachanceaswehaveinNewYorkwhenwerideonthestreetcarsorwalkastanewbuilding。Trytotakesomebrothnow,andletSudiegobacktoherdrawing,soshecanselltheeditormanwithit,andbuyortwineforhersickchild,andorkchosforhergreedyself。
"
"Youneedn&aos;tgetanymorewine,
"saidJohnsy,keeinghereyesfixedoutthewindow。
"Theregoesanother。No,Idon&aos;twantanybroth。Thatleavesjustfour。Iwanttoseethelastonefallbeforeitgetsdark。ThenI&aos;llgo,too。
"
"Johnsy,dear,
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