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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.
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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
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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
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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;
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io. n imvn them , nar
lov ly. It' u.t beauty, -
thInltNt'B lowly. mff
Shqf danced abot tbe,'
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