EZZMEammm tfhM HOM'Sil i i,i cl A (I eti Hit Tiipiiillliiiff files f Lowe i M aivM . HhH sm&', ri ji jni : i 3 :m - v:v "w - i -i w r - i i v n -m, r ' i i " AVi; nml Jon was h h o :i ii contiurlor iluiti any iniilo that ovor lived. Tlio fool streak didn't run In any of the other Minders; seemed like It Jest centered In I)nvn and Jon. who wub - - twins. Hut they got cured of It. They was the only chlldurn their pap and mother had for twenty jenrs; and then along como anothor'n, .1 boy and a boy bo ilno-lookln' and so promlsln' that ho madu up for all tho jenrs botweon him and Davo and Jon. Ills pap and mother named him 1)111, for his Grandpap Minder; and tho wny tboy wont on over that thar hoy did shoro tickle everybody. It wan 23111 this, and Bill that; the sun rose and not In Bill as well ns tho moon and stars; the world turned only for Bill's sake. An J as tho years begun to add thelr selvcs together on tho boy's head, ho growed still flnor-lookln' and still smarter. His hair was as yallor as gold, and it curlod up llko tho fcolors of wild grapovlucs, and ho woro thnm thar curls until ho hud to cut 'cm off hlssolf, too! HIh oyos was us blue jib tho sky, and his akin was as soft as a girl's. And not only did tho old folks dole on llttlo Bill ; Dave uud Jon, great hulks ot men and us brown from sun burn as Indians, worshiped him. Voll, when Davo nnd Jon each took to lilsself a wife, of course, Uioy left tho old cabin on the Hindi Corn's crest. Jon went down tho east slope u llttlo ways, nnd built hlssclf a house amongst the Iluckuern. who hn had married into. Davo went down the west slope to Ho amongst the Simp sous, his wife's people When Hill was nbout twentj-rour, their pap lie up and died, and soon aft er that their mother she follcred him. So Hill found hlssclf alone In thu cabin on top o' thu Blnekfuru. 131 II didn't like to be by hlssclf a till : he was one o' these f oilers what likes to have comp'ny around And ho war os open-faced and as bright when he hud got to bo n young man ib he was when he was a boy. lint ho wasn't as big and strong as his two brothers. When the old woman's funcrnl had been hold by a preacher from uerost the state lino, and fresh dirt hud oucct morn been banked up under thu big beech that spread out over tho little buryln' ground of the Minders, which was square on top ' the mountain, Bill started back to his lonesome home. He hadn't no morc'n got thar nforo his brother Jon, now forty-some-odd years old and u-turnin' gray in his hair and beard, como up to hltn and put ono hand on his arm. "Bill," sajB he, "you must come down and live with me from now on. You caln't stay here by yorcself." Jest at that minute Into the door of the cabin steps Dave. "No," says Duc. "Ulll must como down and stay at my house." "I ba ilurncd If he docs, neither." says Jon, u-pufflu' out like a peacock. "He's a-soln' to stay at my housi'" "I've done laid my plans," uajs Dave, appcalln' to Bill hlssolf. "to build an cxtry room to my cabin. Jest foi you. You shoroly won't dlsapp'lnt me. will you, Bill 7" "Dlsapp'lnt nothln'!" Jon hollers. "I've done laid plans to do the mine thing. You hain't no better to bo ills upp'lnted than nic, Dno Minder!" Ulll seen then that things was a grttin clost to the flglitln" place He puts one hand on each of his big brothers' shoulders uud glcs 'cm a shaklu': "Now Jest listen in that!" ho tells 'cm. "Hain't you fellers ashamed o' that thar fu'ssln' right nforo pore old mother's got good and still In the ground? He ashamed o' yorcselves, Jon nnd Dave! You needn't to bother to fight about mc; I'm n-gotn' to stny rlght here, what I am." And when ho said that, they knott ed ho'd done spoke. Jon turns back to Dave. "It was oio fault, ronsarn you!" he says, n stickln' his list up under Davo's nose. "Hadn't 'a' been for you. I'd 'a' got Ulll to come down to my house!" "Don't you git too durncd promis cuous with jour gab, Jon Minder!" snys Dave, n-pushln' Ulll, poro little feller, out o' the wny. "If you do, you're H'ble to git a inaulln' for It!" Jon stands thar for about two min utes without raovln' even his eyes, a sturln' at I1I3 twin brother like he could V killed him and slept good over It. "Don't you worr none nbout me n'speakln' to ,ou an moro," ho says to Dave, when ho could talk for his madness. "As long ns I live I'll tuvcr speak to you ag'ln, by gyor! And don't you novcr let me catch you on no side o' this hero mountain d'ye understand that, Davo Minder?" Davo he was that contrary he wouldn't mako no answer. Ho turns to Ulll and says to him: "Bill, you've heerd what that thnr durn fool thnr had to say to mo. I'll never speak to him ag'ln as long ns I llvo und breathe the btcath o' life: and Ulll, he'd better never show his wea sel of u head on my sldu o' tho Hlnek fern, neither, If he don't want holes shot In It. And If you cnln't como down nnd lic with mc, Ulll, wh) you can shore!) come down and sec us now uud then. Wo hain't got much of a place; but we can keep the rain off when It's a-ralnln', and wo can feed on when jou're hongry. Good-by, Bill. Itomcmber the latchstiing nt my house hangs on the outside. Gondby, Hill." With that he makes a face at Jon and stalks off down iho mountain with some of his wife's folks. Jon told Bill goodby, uud told him the same things Davo hud told htm about comln' down to seo him, and then told him gond-by ag'ln. So that's the way tho twin brothers Rot at the nuts. I reckon little Hllr got moro good things to cat. though, on account of it, than anybody In the state; Dave and his wife and Jou and lila wlfo got ,lo pullln' nnd hawin' to see which could git up the best Rrub to send up on the mouutuln to Hill, and each time thej'd como they'd try to git Hill lo say somctliln' ug'ln the '(other side, Hut Hill would ncwr do that. So the boy got to tnktn" life easy. All the things he wanted to cat was I rung right to his door, most of It alieady cooked: and If he fell short any time, he Jest took his rllle and went out Into tho woods nnd shot some game. To keep from glttln' lonesome, he trad ed around and got a banjo and n lwund dog; nnd ho'd net thnr in the door for hours nt a time a-tilckln' that banjo. with that thar hound n-layln aside of him. And then things got seriouB on the Ulackfcrn. Davo'n wife's people and Jon's wife's people took matters In their own hands, and got to watchln' for ono another with guns One or Jon's sldo got shot In the shoulder, and ono of Dave's side got It In the aim, both tho samo da). So Ulll decided lo lrac. to see If It wouldn't quiet tho fusBln' some He was mighty down in tho mouth nbout It Besides, he had a little bit of an Ideo about makln' home mcme In town, which wua about eight miles off. He let 'cm know that ho'd decided to leavo on account o' their fufisln' about him. And tho first thing they know cd. ho'd shoro left for town. He couldn't tnko his dog ajong; bul ho left somo wet spots on the back ol Its neck It seemed mighty lonesome along tho Uluckferu urter tho boy had gone. The hound wouldn't stay at neither one o' the twin brolhcro' houses, but moped around n-lookm' for Ulll, Jest like good dogs will do, Jon was afeard o' coin' Into tho homo cabin on ac count o' runnln' upon Davo thar. ami Davo was the same way: so thev let the old house alone. The summer drifted on, and tho leaves begun to turn brown on ho chestnut trees -and the chestnuts thclrcelvcs was n-bcglnnln to git ripe. Then the leaves begun to fall, anil the chestnuts begun lo drap off. The two hiothers missed little Hill more'n ever Minn: It was tho first time In jears (hot they'd set out to grthcr chestnuts without him. And each of the sides slnyed on their own side of the moun tain; thar was no more shootlu' at one unother after the boy had gone. Then ti wagon from town romo u.drlvlif along the wlndln' road and stopped on the crest 11' the mountain, and the drlvor nxed for lo bo showed cither to Dave or Jon Minder's. D.ivo goi the word first, and he como a-ruii-nln' up to tho town wagon with a rlllc In one hand nnd a grnj squirrel In the t'other And In the wagop he seen a long pine box. Jon got the news at aboul the panic time It reached his brother Dave. Ho come u-cuttln' the mustard up 1ho mountain-side, with the big old tears a-blludin' him until ho couldn't hurdly ROC. They set tho box out on tho ground, nnd the town wagon drove buck. Tho Minders had nxed the driver how II happened; but the driver didn't l'now an thing about It. They carried the box out along the top o' tho mountain, and to tin old bur In' ground under llio Hpretdln' boerh. whar the) dug a grave. Dnc nnd Jon hadn't spoke ylt, though. Hut both of 'em wns n-takln ' It to heart pow'ful; both of 'cm was a snubbln' Into their half-gray beards llko chll durn what's been whupped. They hat ed Ihelrsehcn for It. They didn't open Hip box, for they folt like they couldn't binr to seo pom little Hill. The preacher, who happened lo bo n-vls-Itln' In the community, 001110 10 preach the funcial. He was a' old man and mighty plain In his talk. He'd been told how mil come lo lcao his peo ple And ho shore brought 011I aomo of his mind in thai thar sermon thar on top o' the Hlackferu Mountain! When. Jon had got lo his Iioiihc aft er II won nil over, he set down In the door and put his head on his wife's knee nnd u ltd, pore oM. . w.. "wheat? uie uowcrs they ,,;" Rl amltimUnoul,,;.!,. I" lM-erh Dm iw ?!? ,,,p w" " tavc ami y it "Mils hoi.so and c.. g in ,,e 8lmnk o-"?,! of 'cm look lh0 Monc, 0 ard to put cni up t ,tt at tho rrimli n-,..: "'.""I 10 mound atween , har gray.headcd rne , S' hand; and tho t'other t;w b hook It mighty hard. h, Then they spoke it thu,,,,. and each one of 'cm nR samo thing M1UHI "Wlmt durn fools i...i. Will, tlllll ,py stt the Kobih. lhogiav,..oncatihH1.,d, rd 0t- wl,,,ll"KteMj And then who should n,mis bushes right afore their auhl real, ivin' lllll Minder, 'K HtorcbotiBht clothes and all ibJ an Hinnnlli im n I,ii,,i ,,.'. I In town until he'd got motejlw to slurt the cnturc he'd beemS in "ii iwi orvuiui Jturi. "I'd like foryoufellentotiiit,' in HMVn n.Bmllln I- 1.1- . ....,.,. .. u..,.,,u iu mirwd way. "Jest when I died. AnJlliJ llko for jou fellers to tell ql' CnCR fill. "IPOt ulml nnJ....u, thur box o' fruit trees I icntetnin ,1 ItMUlUll.N I Davo and Jon stared, thu tlj i iiiiiKiirii aim shook lianai. jmrnr BmamsvsymTi 3 mmms&pmrnwsmMel jajgfiro i(- iSi SS i& &. 8 . Nami 52555W5S ng T H-m Day By Enos Emory HVp9iHVjf(, ' .- iuirv: - ffil v szwumxp-XHtl i iSS 9 ini I J nLEK was "having tho girls over" for thu uftnrnonn, and, aB usual, they had Insisted Ihut she make candy, for her candy necmed belter limn anyone else's, so tho llttlo lump under tho chaflnc dish danced merrily, and the girls In their light rrocks chattered as girls always will. Soon, with much teasing of a rosy faced Holen, tho llttlo parly broko up, and sho enmo Into tho houso with n faraway look In her eyes Unit told only too well the subject of hor thoughts. It was only a few minutes boforo tho door bell rung, and Hobort, "hor" Itobort, strode Into Hie tooni, nnd took her hands In his, Before long thoy wcro deep In discussion of tho llttlo houso they had selected, nnd of other subjects dotir to the hearts of thoso who arc going to bo brides. On tlio other side of the room tho telephone bell tinkled, and tinkled ugulu, nnd with a little pout Helen got up to answer It. "Yes, yes. Of course." Hor faco white and drawn, hor hand nt her thront, sho turned to Hobort. ns she put back tho receiver. "Oh, Hob, they called up from the station to say that fnthor has been hurt nnd they arc bringing him home." During the hustle of preparation, and breaking tho news to her mother, Helen senrcoly had tlmo to think, un til the still form on tho stretcher was lit ought iu. The doctor arrived almost at tho samo tlmo. and went Into the sunny room where they had laid her father. She waited outside tho door, ono hand In Ilobcrt'n tho other play ing nervously with her handkerchief. At Inst tho doctor inino out. Ho look ed at her gravely "It Is very serious, Miss Drown, but 1 think ho will live" Iu after years, tho days that follow ed seemed llko an ell dream to Helen. Tho long struggle for life, tho tight won, but leaving merely the shadow of the sluing mnu Hint hud once been her father, the final verdict of pemin ncut Invalidism. After thnt ho bad to give up his po sition, and tho question of n l!cll hood faced them. Thoy decided that thoy could not keep up tho homo that had been theirs for many years, and, with u heart wrench, they pocked their pretty things, and moved over to the other sldo of tho town, where they could i cut n small house for less than a quarter of what they hud been pa)- Ing. Kcn then, It was not long boforo they bogan to wonder how to make the ends meet. Thn comfortable bank nccouut that her father had accumu lated through the years was leaking nwny in a horrifying manner, for the mere necessities of life. They must do bomethliig to bring In some money. Dlit what? Helen had been biought up In luxury; before sho could master shorthand or bookkeep ing they would bo without a cent In the world. There was not time for that. Ono day ono of tho friends who hail still kept up her friendship, ns many others had not. was talking It over with her. "Why don't you and your mother make caud) and sell It'.'" The more Helen thought this oor. the more sho felt inclined to tr It. She did not feel very hopeful, but nt least It was better than nothing. He Holed lo make tho attempt, at least, she spent part of their fast vanishing hoard for tho necessary pots and puns nnd supplies, then she slnrted around nmnng her friends to see if she could get some orders. Tho result rather surprised her. Kven tliOBti who had bcr n a little Inclined to look tho other wny when they saw her on the Mrcol were none tho less eager for her can dy, and she canio back from her first nftornoou's work with orders for about M pounds. In serviceable gingham aprons she and her mnthor set to work In tho hot kitchen, and the familiar processes of grating chocolate, measuring sugar und milk, gave Helen a llttlo lime to think things over. She had been won dering why Robert had not come over so often recently. Ho seemed picoc ciiplcd nnd strange when ho did. Sho bad tried to keep tho thought out of her mind, but now It camo back with renewed force. Was Hobort tired of her? Had he loved her at nil? Was he trying to "break off" with her? Was In ushamed of her poverty, and thn district sho was obliged to llvo In? He wnn coming over tho next Mon day evening, and sho decided that she would have a serious talk with him, and find out how ho rcully did feel. All that Meek she and her mother wero busy at tho candy making. Friends of her friends, hearing tbout bcr new venture woro sending In or ders. It was utmost more than she could do to till them. If she could only get a standing order, that she could be sure of, sho could hlro a girl to do tho uctuul work, uud she and her mother could glvo their time to direct ing it. Holen was nil) thing but dull, nnd llnnllv she remembered the restau rant she had beon accustomed to cat lunch at when sho was In town shop ping. She thought her candy wns hot ter than theirs, and the munngor wns such n nice old mun, why not sec If she could not get a regular order from them? No sooner thought of than done. She ran to the lelcphonc and called htm up. Ho said ho would see her Monday afternoon, and told her to bring along a sample box, The rest of tho week passed In a whirl. Monday! Sho might get thru order from tho restaurant, und Hob was coming over. Sho hoped sho would find thnt there was a real cause for his derelictions. At last the great day came. Arrayed In her remaining best, with a box of candy undor her arm, and her heart In her mouth, sho went In to sen the manager Ho laughed and Joked with her. talked about every thing but business, and nte candy from hor box voraciously, at the snuin time looking her over keenly, though she did not notlco It. At Inst hn said: "You aro a pietty young girl to be doing business with. How do I know you would got the stuff hero on time, If I did order a little?" "You Just try mo and you'll see." "You might let us have a few pounds then, to bo delivered every day. Let's nee; )ou can atnrt with" He named an amount Hint uihuc Helen guep, and wondor how sho wns going to got that much out. HuL she said nothing. She would manage It sumchow. After a grateful thanks, she walked out, her head In the clouds. This meant success, it meant almost wealth to them, after the lust few months. Her dream had come trtio, nnd she (ould almost sco herself behind u ma hogany desk In u real candy factoiy. As she ncared her home, thn thought of Hob returned. What would she find out f i oin him, what would bo the re sult of the evening? Well, eho could not affect the result, and would not If she could. If he did not want her but her bravado left her. Sho did wunt him to want her, so much, Right o'clock cumc, struck on tho clock In tho hull, rang out from thn clock in the dining room, nnd boomed out from the big church clock In the square. Then half past, then 0. but no Hob. At last sho crept Into her bed. with nn aching heart, and the tenra would come, whether or no. What won iho use of It all? What did her success mutter, us long us she would not talk II over with' Hob. ns long us Hob did not care for her any more? Tired and iinhnntii'. die anhben Biruiiuin Tuesday morning came. BirJIt mother started in on murDiiiJi nrilorn. itnil nfler a slunlttllti phone, ilolen succeeded It t&p satisfactory girl, who siijkiiu bo right out, The fire fii ron Ilin mirnr nml butter ted tbcil wcro being measured outtiik!t nlng llko rapidity, when tteiea m nn ntilntnnlillft Rlnll InlrOttOJl house. Who could It be! RoiertW no cur, sho knew. Then choro was a wild rlnfWl lirll nml with RllOlllROt Jot butt big Hob cumo tearing around (it nor of tho house and lnloiMU Ho wrapped his arms round Id rvriffllnen nt lint nmtPfltS. "Helen, darling. I'te Pt t5 prise of )our life for jou. It ... .-II .. until l( lllKUl but I have been BobuiylniC" jou would ihlnklclldrotllleuw to sco you nny more. I'm to me iiminn hnncD. 131 1" signed tho Uuho for the W All you'vo got to oo w - .1.... ti Whorcupon Holen 8",,t2 of Joy. nnd I nm sorry to W-P ceeded to smear butter and c w all ovor tho bark of nobi with one great big. jojoui Their Vacation By Will Seaion i in in mi ii 1 1 i mm iini '.U.itiP VCRLTIA stepped from besldo tho Iron trolloy wlio polo, with its band of white, to tho street mid raised a commanding linger to tlm moloimnu. The open car grat ed along for somo ten fret or so past her before coming to a stop. Indignantly, she mined after the car; at tho samo time censuring ihe conductor. "You aro supposed to stop nt the crosswalk!" sho snapped, with one foot upon tho running board "Sorry nia'in." npologizcd the ehier-ful-fonturcd, slim little woarur of brass buttons. "All aboard," he added, c-iteudlng nn assisting hnuil. With a disdainful Jcik of her shoul der, she avoided ihe hand and llounced Into the end of the scut. There she snt. with her forehead drawn inio tin Iriltable flow ii nnd with her lips pressed giiml) together, us (he car lurched forwaul and pioceedcd upon Its way. Her eyes wero searchlights. Hashing their rajs about Iu quest of nnnoyanco. oer vigilant for tumble; for though but barely ."0. l.ucretla was gradunll) banishing the uttractlvcucss of her girlhood beneath a mask of Ir rusclbillty. On this uflcrmmn hei foichead was toiitorted into moic wrinkles than were customary; her lips wero press ed moro tightly together than iihiiul. Sho hud just left her husband's office, and remembrances of their conversa tion wero far front agreeable to her. Hor thoughts boiled. Andrew wns so aggravating! Why didn't ho ever do things the way she wanted him to ? Her husband had Informed her that ho would bo unable lo leave for tho mountains until the 11th of tho mouth in the earliest, and she bad wanted to haw them go on the lUth Some deal. Home business with a realty company had to be settled before ho could leae, her husband had told her. "Hut why couldn't he nrinngo Ills business so ns not to Interfere with our vacation?" her thoughts reasoned, petulantly. "He never cares for my pkasure A burst of Inughter. naturally relat ed to a mun of big proportions, roused her from her Ill-humored revorie. ". . . And I snys to tho missis, 'You'll hiivo to go to Senvlow 'steart of Hie Peak Houso- the I'eok Hoiue is too expensive,"' tho stout mun on the sent ahead was saying to the man with an exceedingly long neck, who was mated beside hint. l.ucretla saw the latter sway for ward his neck In n nod of approval. "If I catered to the missis, siio'.l hae me flat flnaueinlly in a week," continued tho fat man. "She's the most extravagant woman on earth " "Oh, all of them aro always klrkln" nbout something or other." was ihe pessimistic retort of him with ihe elongated neck "My wife oxpcels me to wenr a tuxedo around the house, mil smoke college boy cigarettes. Slip pers, Bhlrtsleevcs and a pipe shoe!! her sensibilities," "Siiy. It's a funny thing -ibout And).' he exclaimed, "To hear him boast about his wife, jou'd think he'd mar ried the paragon of nil virtues, jet he doesn't look so happy." Tho snort of lengthy-necked Sum wits perfectly audtblo to Lucretlu. "Paragon!" he ejaculated, "Tonmiy lot! Didn't you over notice that ilreil, hunted sort of look In Andy's eves? Why. my daughter Nelllo knows' his wife; and Nelllo says that sho nags Andy perpetually. Andy tries to up pear cheerful, but you can bet ihut his bed of loses Is mattrcsscd with thorns," Lucieila's nails bit Into .he leather of her handbag, The Impudence of the man! To speak of her as "nag ging"" Andrew! 'Nagging" indeed! Yet. his remarks haunted nor And when sho left Ihe car nt iho railroad station, where sho was to take a train for her suburban town, she made a determined effort to expel the man's words from her thoughts. But even on the train, they continunlly popped into her mind. She rebelled. She wasn't a nagger! She had a light to rebuke Androw! Everything he did wns contrary to her wishes! Then one of the wrinkles smoothed itself from her forehead. Sho recalled the fact that the man with tho long neck had said that Andiew never crit icised her that ho boasted about her good qualities. Well, why shouldn't Andrew spcuk well of her, she thought. Of courso she didn't nag . . .! Yet sho began to wondor. At 7 o'clock Andrew arrived home, a half hour lato for supper, or rather dinner He wns hot and tired, and tho look of icslgnatlon hovered nearer to the siirfneo of his eyes. Luerctla met him in tlio hallway. "I worked a llttlo Into ovor tho Mu tual nealty papers, I,u," ho stitcd apologetically. "I camo to tho conclu sion that If I put in so much extra time each day, why. wo could leavo for the mountalus by tho ninth or by the tenth of the month, auyway." To his surprise. Lucretla mudo no Jiuul cumnieu guiding bli btlWrf the evening meal. lnf,"h'' j pd nn nrm about him. her tm upon his shoulder. .mot "No, Indeed, you w 111 i ?' & evenings In jour .luB " and tire )ourself "".fjlft! sho declared. trMoi !!il maintain a pe crlty of tonj. innvn for tho mountain" on teenth or later, If nece f y And throwing her olherw,, him, sho pressed her lie and shirt front. wW noises from hor conwjlBWj All-all right, honey! bewildered husband. b,J!, aims about her $& tine her shoulder. But the mutter?" ,. ,hout n! Her arms tightened H,(rtk "I I'm an o!l ua"cri between sous "nSKfiSBSKKSBHw I I II c JB wfrr f r i' i HO little girls sat undor the old ap- Lie tree which fcrow rifSldfc the little n tow u house. li'ucli Me mouth was , kerod up and ra'h face woro a -wn Carefully r a'cd on tho ' .id brslde them rn wios- facs, In eou- tfDW"K,&A'j'iU,t mwti'mmvmMm dollies were walling for the new clothes which the motheis wore mak ing, ml of course, the) smiled, whllo the little girls were troubled by per splilug lingers, needle pricks, lost spools of thread and a lliuitul knowl edge of dressmaking "I think Arabella will look er) nice In this white muslin, hut I'll have to wash It 'fore sho can wcur It," t.ald the little one In blue an hose name wns Jtuth .'IXA'A '4U Onu'i JJJJI lb Ink Jhla nlnW DTP Q Q ft $ o o 1 By Walt Gregg. J the second little mother, held up her diminutive bit of sewing. "Seems to me thnt hem looks kind of crooked. I wish I dared ask Alice to hem It for me She's so cross today, I don't dare to go near her" "Why, what's the matter with her, tlracle?'' "Oh, she's going awa next week, un she has to hae a lot of clothes, she savs, so she sews all day long an so noes mamma, an nobody w " i nave nuiibinc or not Are not! I don't want to!" "Well, then, why don't jou want to go to this party?" " 'Cause 1 can't have a new dtess, now you know ! Allco Is making r. lot of them, but they haven't any time to make mo Just ono. I don't get au) thlug nn' alio gets everj thing, an' I haven't had a new dress for years, an' jears. an years!" I pstalrs In the llttlo brown house ,r sister. Alice, was triiusc on ono of e dresses which caused her small window, In front of the dresser, admir ing her new dress. Hearlug the children's voices, she went to the window and looked out. Down through the branches of tho old apple tree she could see the two lit tle heads bent over their sewing. Sho caw the dolls and their stiff smiles. Unconsciously, she listened to tho lit tle girls as they talked, Tho next dny Ruth and Grace were sitting, as usual, under the old apple tree wth,ihe,lr dolls. Ruthle, let's play house. This sic mc iree can do jour house, an' nilVO mo Otbor s bin. Xnu t tnnat home an' get my house ready for )ou u mine an seo me. como. Marie" H?,r.acl,e' 5'0Ur maima's calling you." All right mamma. You stay here, Ruthle. I'll como right out again." She hurried into the house and up " Biaire, caning, "vpat do you mui , mamma; , ii i ... wn;ti hub Bomciamg for you uvai .... I . -nMU' 41iri BT". J 1 in of to her Metr'a room ",,, old?1 ? u'. ." r , Mil can't KTJi ..yi' ""r'wTv. i ibooff',.ii new ureuD. ''' l V'",.! io. n imvn them , nar lov ly. It' u.t beauty, - thInltNt'B lowly. mff Shqf danced abot tbe,' 1 ;.:',.ueH,harantotV, ?-ftS? k. Vv; OJfilcK. J b - )