Golden, hearing the clattering sound.
She came hurrying from the back of the store where she had gone to talk
quietly to Mr. Flynt.
"Everything is going to fall!" cried George.
But it was not quite so bad as this. Sue kept her hands raised above her
so nothing would hit her head, though one or two boxes did bump her a
little.
Box after box slipped from the shelf, falling on the floor, on the
counter, and all around poor little Sue!
CHAPTER XXIII
THE PONY EXPRESS
Bunny Brown ran out of the storeroom, in his hand a hammer with which he
had been opening the box of prunes. Mrs. Golden gave a cry of alarm as
she heard the clatter of the boxes falling around Sue. Mr. Flynt joined
Bunny in a rush to help the little girl. As for George, he was so
frightened by the sudden toppling of things from the shelf that a tune
he had started to whistle died away and he got ready to run out of the
store.
"Mercy sakes! what is going on in here?" cried Mrs. Clark, entering the
store as the boxes ceased falling.
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