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THE DUTXEY BIRD. in an ocean far out yonder. As all sapient people know, Is the land of Wonder-Wander Whither children love to go; It's their playing, romping, (winging, That giveth joy to me, (While the Dinkey Bird goea singing In the amfalula tree 1 tThere the gumdrops grow like cherries. And taffy's thick as peas; Caramels you pick like berries When and where and how you please Big red sugar plums are clinging To the cliff's beside that sea Where the Dinkey Bird is singing In the amfalula tree! 60 -when children shout end scamper And make merry all the day, When there's naught to put a damper On the ardor of their play ; When I hear their laughter ringing, Then I'm sure as sure can be (That the Dinkey Bird is singing In the amfalula tree. for the Dinkey Bird's bravuras And staccatos are so sweet, II is roulades, eppoggiaturas And robustos so complete, That the youth of every nation, Be they near or far away, Have especial delectation In that gladsome roundelay. tTheir eyes grow bright and brighter. Their lungs begin to crow, Their hearts get light and lighter And their cheeks are all aglow; For an echo cometh bringing The news to all and me That the Dinkey Bird is singing In the amfalula tree ! Tea, I'm sure you'd like to go there To behold your feathered friend ; And so many goodies grow there You would like to comprehend ! Cpeed, little dreams, your winging To that land across the sea, Where the Dinkey Bird is singing In the amfalula treel Eugene Field. I allow It must be nigh onto twenty years since me on Caleb heerd that lecture: but It seems ns if I uiiud a'most every word of It yet. You see, there hadn't bin much goin' on that winter; an' bo, when along In Janu ary, Caleb come home from preacUIn' I hed a bad spell of nuralgy that day an' didn't get out an' sed there was goin' to be a lecture up at-Nubeh on the next Friday night, I Jest made tip my mind that I was goin'. But I didn't let 011 to Caleb then. You see n man's that queer, first thing he'd Bed would ave bin, "You can't go with that nuralgy," Jest as If a body could ;not hev nuralgy on Sabbath an' be all right agon by Friday. Well, as I was saylu', I'd made up my mind to go to that lecture, so I boz to Caleb on Monday evenfn' It hed bin ralnln' an slectln' all day, an' he bed bin out at Milltown after feed nn' was as cross as two sticks sez I, "You're not thinkln' of goin' to that lecture, Caleb," an' sez be, "What lec ture?" Jest as if he'd never heerd a word about It. An' sez I, "Oh, that heathen lecture you was tollln me about on Sabbath day." An' he got as mad as a hornet, an' sez he, "There you go, Maria Ann Larrabee, a sailln' at things you don't know a thing about. Here I've gone and told Uncle Billy I'd take two tickets, an' now you dou't want to go. I declare If It Isn't enough to rile a saint." "Well," sez I, "I don't see any saints Jest 'round handy; but If you've told Uncle Billy you'd take two tickets why you'll have to take them, an' If we've got tickets we might as well go." An' go we did. You see I'd rend a bit of poetry onct an there was a line In It about "The mills of the gods grlndln'," an' I always wanted to hear soinethln' more about them mills. The man that did the lecturin' wasn't much to look at about as lean an' hungry a-lookln' mor tal as I ever laid eyes on but he could talk, an' no mistake. He Jest talked about them mills till a body could almost hear the wheels huinmln'. Sle went on to say how every mean act, every unkind word conies back to a body soon or late, an' how many a time folks go on tbrowln' the doln's f days an' months an' years into the hopper, not botherin' as to what kind of doln's an' sayln's the grist Is made of. I don't know as I ever heerd a more atlsfyln' talk. You see that man wasu't tryln to show off his own learnln', nor to make us see how little we knowed alongside of him. An' when a body has soinethln' to say, an' can say It without tryln to do either of theui two things, it's a pleasure to listen to him. Well, I never forgot that lecture. Many an' many's the time I've looked at the hopper and watched for the meal, an' I've listened to folks a eom plaluln and flndlu' fault with the meal, when I'd seen them a throwln' in heltcr-ekelter, not carlu' whether it was corn or cobs or eveu stones. Well, well! the mills of the gods tmrely grind flue, an ennui or late they grind It all. But sometimes the meal tuakes bitter eatln' oh how exceeding Utter; hut it's got to be et all the same. Now, there was a second cousin of Caleb's Henry John Stone his name was he'd lived with us quite a spell when ho was little, an' Caleb an nie both thought a good bit of hlin, though we never liked his closeness. He mar Tied Mary Emily Lane. Nobody could Jjwlp llkla' Dear John, he was a born worker an that careful of his clothes, why, I mended more for one of my own children la a week than I did for him ln two months. Well, they went to housekeepln' on a place Jest next to us, belonging to Henry John's aunt Elmlra Stone was her name, an' she was a terror If ever there was one. Never married, "hed no use ior seen wortmess truck; as men,' she sed. I don't know as ever seen any of them runnln' after her; but that's neither here nor there. She hed her good points, too. Well, them young folks hadn't been married long till I seen somethln' was wrong. Mary Emily was right proud an' high strung an' she wouldn't tell a thing, an' he never seemed to notice that things wasn't goin' Jest the same as they'd alwas bin. Mary Emily worked from mornln' till night, milk in', churnln', feedln' calves and chick ens, weeding garden, besides cookln' an actfi all the house work. After the first year she quit goin anywhere but to church. It wasn't that they wasn't gettln along In a money way. Why, Henry John was always a brag gin to me what a good worker he'd got an' how well they was gettln' along. But there was somethln' wrong all the same. Mary Emily's face was get tin' that hard lookln' it seemed as if she hed forgot how to smile, an folks got to talkln about how shabby she went, an' when they'd been married about seven years she took typhoid fe ver, an' I went over to stay a week or two till they could get some one. I de clare an' testify that I couldn't find clothes enough to change her an' her bed twice a week, an' as for the chll dren, I allow she must have washed out their little dresses at night an Ironed them before they got up in the morn ln , not a one of them hed more than one decent dress to its back. Well, Mary Emily died, an Aunt El mlry Stone came to stay with Henry John an' the children. Henry John was all. broke up, couldn't do nothln' but talk to me about how good Mary Emily was, now she Jest worked away an' made things do, an' never pestered him for money for finery, an how she made over his clothes, an' hers, too, for the children, an' how he'd be savin' up money an' he'd got his horses an' cows fill paid for an' (tome In the bank, till I could hardly keep from askln' him if her workln' was all he missed. Oh, I allow ho loved her In his way, but he was rlose all the Stones was close with money close as the bark on the "this herb onion bed's mine..' tree. An' when a man holds his money so close there Isn't much room for love or anything else to get near him. I look the baby home with me after the funeral, an' Henry John was over quite often. He was never done talkln' about how lucky he was to get his aunt to stay with hlin. Sed she had a paper mule out, sayln' that things was to go on Jest the same as they did when Mnry Emily was alive. He wasn't to pay cny rent to her an' no wages. "Jest think. Aunt Maria Ann, she don't want ny rent." sez he. Well, I didn't know what to think. I knowed Elmlry Stone lied soniethiu' up her sleeve an' I tol.l Henry John to be careful what he put his naitc to, but ho sed he'd read It b fore he signed it; seemed as If he wi'S so tickled at gettln' her to keep house for nothln' he didn't look too close at anything else. It wasn't long until he told me she'd got him to draw out his money from the hank an' buy a new mower; sed she'd even go to town with him an' added some more to what he had an' got a better machine. I got It out of him t-'int she'd had the bill made to her, an' hid resented It in her name. Hen ry John didn't altogether like this, but there was always the thought of havin' somebody keopln' house for nothln' to keep him from niakln' a fuss; seemed as If money almost shone so bright !n Henry John's eyes that It kind of dull ed his sight for anything else. Well, It came njong towards the Inst of June an' Henry John seemed to be gettln peaked lookln', Jest like Mary Emily used to the year before she died. I went over one day an' he was weed In' out an onion bed, a new one he'd made that spring under the settin room window. He looked so worried an miserable thut I Jest pulled him down on the porch step beside me. Aa sez I, "Where's Aunt Elmlry?" sez I. "How's that?" an he ups an' says, "She's goin' to the market now," a a' sez I, "How's that?" an' he ups and lelU me that she allowed as the farm was hers she was the one to sell the stuff. "But," sez he, "this here onion bed's mine. I'm goin' to sell these on ions au get the money for them, or I'll ki.ow the reason why." I declare I felt like sayln lots, but I didn't ; au' things got worse an worse, till along In September I heered Henry John Jest a shoutln over at the fence; an' I run out to see what he wanted, an' be was a wavln' an' motlonln' me to coma over. So I Jest ran over, think- 1 sSiif isja in' one of the children hed fell or got hurt someway. But when I got there him an Elmlry Stone was bavin' it hot j and heavy; seemed as if she'd sold his onion bed an' pocketed the money ; an' my oh my ! what a story he hed to tell ; how he'd worked like a slave all sun nier an' milked, an' raised calves that she sed wouldn't live, an' took care of the chlkens an' run the farm besides, an' how she'd sold everything an kept the money ; an' how' he hadn't hed a cent to spend ; an' how he wasn't going to sjand it any longer, An' she was standln 'there a holdln' out a paper to me tellin' me to read It An I sez to her, "Didn't you promise that things 'ud go on Jest as they did when Mary Emily was there?" An' sez she, "Well, ain't they goin' on Jest the same?" An' I set down an' Jest looked at her. I allowed she'd gone crazy. But she Jest looked back at me. An' sez I, "Do you mean to say you hev done Jest like Mary Emily usted to do? An she give me such a scornful look. "Me?" she sez, "me? well, I allow I'm not a fool. I didn't say who was goin' to be the Mary Emily, did I? Henry John alwus allowed that Mary Emily ought to be glad to work like a nigger day In an' day out en' never see a red cent an' when she wanted a callker dr she could come beggin' to him one of the dollars she'd worked as hard as him to earn. Sold yer onions an' put the money in my pocket, did I?" sez she, turnin' to Henry John. "Well, yon kin Jest Imagine you're Mary Emily an' I'm you. Lots an' lots of times you done that to her an' she wouldn't ask for a cent. An when she died folks hed to bring tilings to lay her out In. Well, you've bin Mary Bmlly for nigh onto a year now, how do you like It?" Henry John Jest stood there lookln' like he was goin to fall over in a fit, an' I was dumb. As fur that dreadful woman she went up-stalrs an' come down again with her bonnet on, an' as she went out the door she looked at Henry John, an' sez she, "You've had your lesson, see you don't forget it." Well, I went home to talk things over with Caleb, an' sez he, after I'd told hlin what she sed, sez he, "Well, she's a holy terror, but she's about right there. Henry John's only gettin' back what he give.". An' sez I, "Yes, the mills of the gods hev bin grlndln' away an' the meal Isn't to his llkln'. You mind that lecture, don't you?" An' sez he, "What lecturer Jest like a man, wasn't It? An' some folks sed Almlry Stone hed made a small fortune out of the place that year, an' some sed it served Hen ry John Jest right, whilst there was some allowed she did It because she saw he was gitten that close an' mean somethln' had to be done to open his eyes. As for me, I never could Jest make It out to my satisfaction, but there's one thing I can say, it done him a power! of good. When he married again there wasn't a better dressed nor a happier woman In Nubeh than Henrv John's wife. You see he alwus was a good man, but he didn't think; no, he Jest didn't think. I allow it's nil for the best; but when I go apast Mary Emily In Nubeh churchyard I say to myself, 'If only." But there. Them that sleeps under the green quilt need no heart salve. An' that's more than can be sed of the livln'. Pittsburg Christian Ad-1 vo(,nte STAPLE FOOD SUPPLY LIMITED. Comparatively Few Nutritive Pro duct of the World's Inhabitants. Certain great food staples have proved themselves within the age-long experience of humanity to possess a larger amount of nutritive value, diges tibility and other good qualities, and a smaller proportion of undesirable prop erties than any others, says McClure's, These, through an exceedingly slow and ' gradual process of the survival of the ; fittest, have come to form the staple j of food in common use by the human ! race all over the world. It is really as-1 To Pastuerlze milk, procure long tonlshlng how comparatively few there ' necked bottle whlcn must be serupu are of them, when we come to consider ,ousl-v c,ean ' Pour ln the mIlk and PIuS them broadly ; the flesh and the milk of three or four domesticated animals, the flesh of three or four and the esres of , one species of domesticated birds, three . great grains wheat, rice and maize- and a half-dozen smaller and much less frequent ones, one hundred or so spe cies of fishes and shell fish, two sugars, a dozen or so starch-contalnlng roots and tubers, ouly two of which the po tato and the manioc are of real in ternational Importance, twenty or thir ty fruits, forty or fifty vegetables make up two-thirds of the food supply of the inhabitants of the world. Instead of wondering at the variety and profuseness of the human food sup ply the biologist is rather Inclined to ejaculate with the London footman im mortalized by John Leech, who, when told by the cook that there would be . . 4... .... .1 Vis cmtp AYitlilniPil "XnfhlTib- huf mt0?,,anl.0.muJ!i and beef! Hln my opinion, hit's igh time some new hanlmal was hinvent-j ed!" Not I'nuaual. Kadley I must confess I was pretty cranky yesterday. Did the girls say anything about It? Kandor No. Kadley Strange they didn't notice my behavior. Kandor I guess they didn't see any- thimr unusual about it PhlladelDhia Press, A poor but otherwise strictly hon-1 est man says that the worst thing ' about riches Is not having any. 1 , ; . ' Flattery 1. a kind of flypaper tft catches all people. Handy Home-Made Tool. All growers of blackberries and rasp berries know that one of the most dis agreeable Jobs of the season is the cut ting out of the old canes on the plants of these fields. The easiest way of do ing this work Is to use a sharp tool of some kind so arranged that the operat or may stand upright and work. The tool illustrated may be readily made by any handy man, and will do the work required quite as effectually as a more expensive tool. Take the handle from a worn-out shovel or fork and have the black smith attach to It the end of an old scythe blade or, if one has no blade of this kind, the blacksmith can fashion one from old scraps that he may have at small expense. Have this blade fas- TOOL FOB BEBBT GROWER. tened to the handle in the manner shown In the cut, and when working among the canes of the berry bushes use It In the way illustrated. This tool will be found extremely handy for this sort of pruning any where on the farm. It will work quite well for cutting out suckers In the or chard as In the berry row. If the canes are quite tall a straight handle may be attached to the blade so that one may have it of any desired length. Such a tool costs but little, and if one has a considerable area in berry plants it Till pay to have several tools made. Beans. "Beans" Is the title of a recent farm ers' bulletin, by Professor Corbett, the well-known, horticulturist of the United States Department of Agriculture. Beans belong to one of the most Impor tant families of economic plants with which man has to deal that of le- gumea The bean furnishes food for both man and and beast, and at the same tIme increases the fertility of lne B0U- Lt l8 therefore, an lmpor- tant croP both in farm rotation and In market garden work. The new bul letin treats fairly of its cultivation, care and use. Professor Wlaneko, of Purdue Expe riment Station, has Just issued an In teresting bulletin on soy beans, cow peas and other forae croPs- The cul- lu,e 01 LW Pea3 ana By Deans " comluB important witn many farmers. " mey mae gooa rorage crops ana at tne same time aaa fertility to the soil They belong to the legumes, and the cost of producing Is about the same as for corn, while their food value com pares very favorably with corn. Sev eral other classes of forage plants are described In the bulletin. To Pasteurise, Milk. Pasteurizing milk Is a very simple process, the operator to be careful of the temperature, however, which is Tery Important. When milk Is .boiled tho natural flavor Is destroyed, and soe Persons object to it. Milk Is also mJurea lo a certain extent Dy boning. the tops with cotton wool, which ex cludes all germs. Place the bottles ln a deeP Pan or other vessel and neat to a temperature 01 las degrees, using a thermometer. If the temperature reach es 160 degrees the milk will have the odor of being boiled. Keep the milk heated for half an hour. The cot ton stoppers need not be removed un til the milk is desired for use. The bottles containing the milk may be placed ln a refrigerator or some cool receptacle. Milk so prepared can be kept for two or three days. To sterilize milk lt must be boiled, hence Pasteu rization Is a different process. Poultry. A careful observer of poultry needs no better sign of its condition than to ihow8 tnat tne hen or male ,s healtn 'U" VW . "VU, rug y 111 .... probably be a good layer. After the 8pp'y nas falled t generally lose Its color. In cold weath er fowls with large combs must have extra warm quarters, as they are very easily frozen. It Is frozen combs more often than anything else that makes Leghorns and Mlnorcas poor winter layers. As their names Imply, they are natlTes of warm climates, as. Indeed, most fowls are. They very rarely get into as warm quarters in winter as they c0"13 find aDJ"where In the eoun- 1" nera tne naa welr original Vome. Keepinar. A cellar Is a good place to keep bees, but. If sheltered from the winds and exposed to the sun, a strong colony will doeU out of doora Shredded Stove. . For winter feeding of stock animals this makes one of the finest feeds on the farm. The modern husking and shredding machinery does excellent work, and Its man-eating proclivities hae been largely eliminated. An or dinary threshing machine can be made to do good shredding, but the grain Is not left ln the best condition. The greatest drawback in the use of both husker and thresher Is that they re quire a large force of men and teams, hence the work Is quite expensive. Perhaps the cheapest corn husking Is done with the little old husking peg. But It Is almost Impossible to feed long stover without considerable waste, and the refuse stalks are a nuisance when lt comes to handling the manure. These difficulties may be overcome by running the hnndhusked stover through a com mon cutter and shredder. This work can usually be done without employing much. If any outside help. In cas ev erything Is hired, the cost of the work, added to that of hand-husklng and put ting of the corn and stover ln crib and mow or stack may equal or even exceed the expense of machine husking and shredding. This Is a point for each to decide from his own standpoint Agri cultural Epltomist . Composition of Crop. A bulletin of the Minnesota Experi ment Station discusses the composition and characteristics of the more common farm crops, as alfalfa, clover, peas, rape, corn fodder, timothy, millet, etc. In connection with the composition of some of the crops the protein con tent of the seed Is considered. In the case of clover, alfalfa, peas, beans and rape two distinct types of seed are shown to recur, one of high and the other of low protein content, and the relationship of the physical character istics of the seeds to the chemical com position Is noted. The larger protein content of the seed Is considered as a possible factor ln the production of for age crops of high nutritive value. The quality of the forage in live-stock feed ing is of great importance, because by the use of more concentrated nitroge nous forage rations can be prepared requiring smaller amounts of grains and milled products. The result Is a material financial saving of stock. IIott to Save Steps. In spite of the extensive development and use of corn harvesting machinery the fact remains that much corn is still cut by hand. Therefore the ac companying sketch recently sent to the New England Homested by a reader will prove of interest. He has figured out that If the plan outlined Is followed a sixty-four hill shock, or stook, of corn can be cut at a minimum number of steps. The cir cles ln the center represent the four hills tied together or between which the shock Is built. After the founda tion for the shock is ready the man goes to No. 1 and cuts in the direction : - i i I 1 r r I ?-- ru & fa sir ! ! -vji U$ o o ... it- f o o go if. ? P dp G3" $-... 1 I ; ! -o A Q- ts-. n.-. tr CUTTING A SHOCK OF CORN. of the numbers until he reaches Xo. 8. After placing his armful ln the shock he begins at No. 9 and cuts to No. 10 again depositing his load and continu ing the operation ln the way the hills are numbered until the shock is com pleted. It will be noted that ln addi tion to saving steps this plan brings the cutter near the shock with his heav iest load, or when his arm Is full of corn. Fruit from Seed. It is doubtful if there is any kind ot fruit that will come strictly true to va riety when grown from seed, as there is a tendency to deviate from the orie- Inal. One may secure something supe rior or the fruit may revert back to some undesirable kind. It is a slow and uncertain process. Chestnuts may be grafted when 1 year old. The nuts are usually placed In the ground In rows, 6 Inches deep, early in the sprint or late In the fall, hilling over them If in the fall, and uncovering In the spring. They are very unreliable In germinating and prefer a sandy loam. The European varieties are larger than the native. The native chestnuts vary greatly, no two trees producing nuts exactly alike In size, flavor, etc. The foreign varieties are grafted on the American stocks. Trees grown from American nuts can not be depended upon for quality of product A Peaceful Bee. Beehives on every front porch, giv ing each family a supply of delicious honey close at hand, while at the same time the bees will Inculcate their les son of industry, are a possibility, for the Department of Agriculture has suc ceeded in Importing from abroad what may be termed a peaceful bee, which finds our fickle climate to Its liking. The newcomer is known as the Cau casian bee. The name Is derived from ; Its native locality, and is emphasized by habits of life which rank lt distinct- ly as the white man's bee. It Is civil ized, dignified and high-toned. It rushes with reluctance Into anything that smacks of warfare, havin. In place of the belligerent Instincts of i others of its class, a predisposition to I arbitration. OSTB OF THEIB TJSE3. Old-World Royalties Are Tery o venlent Subjects of Conversation. The royal standard, streaming abova the battlements, showed gallantly through an opening in the trees. The Americans, resting midway of their walk through Windsor Park, fell nat urally as they watched lt Into casual chat concerning the royal family, whose presence it -indicated. Presently a young girl laughed and addressed an other : "As usual, Connie, it's you who Is going to be married to who, and why, and whose son he Is, and bow under such and such contingencies he would succeed to such and such a throne.' "You, the most thorough-going, un mistakable, let-the-eagle-scream Ameri can of us all ! Yet you gloat over a royal wedding as a gossipy village dressmaker does over a wedding In the oldest local family. It's too funny I" Constance Joined the laughter, but she defended herself. "Certainly I do! it's only simple gratitude ln me to feel a kindly Inter est in the affairs of royalty. You see, two years ago a much traveled, widely Informed, very aged, very argumenta tive and very domineering cousin spent the winter with us. Until I discovered the crowned heads of Europe conver sation ln the family circle was an or deal. She challenged everybody's opin ions, authorities and tastes, and bullied or derided us Into assent or silence. But her years abroad had given her a taste for gossip about royalties, and I soon learned, when I percefved a storm brewing, to fling overboard a prince or a princess, as one might pour oil upon the waters; and lt always acted like a charm. Concerning the European sovereigns, we had neither principles, theories nor feelings to be assailed, while Cousin Euphemla possessed an accumulated fund of information, which she was delighted to bestow upon us. Oh, I assure you, royalties have their uses even In a republic; as a pic turesque, Interesting and harmless sub ject of conversation, kings and queens can't be excelled." "And that's one of their uses," com mented one of the men, smiling, "even ln a monarchy. They are the fairy story, the romance, of their people;, and every royal betrothal, wedding, christening or funeral Is a thrilling new chapter In a serial that never ends." Youth's Companion. Mabel What are you making? Aun tie Angel cake my dear. Mabel Where will you get the angels to put in It? Fred Oh, mamma, the druggist at the corner gives away birds with each glass of soda water! Mamma What kind of birds, dear Fred Swallows. Nellie was visiting at the seashoret and, seeing the waves rolling for the first time, exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, what are those big, gray-haired 'lumps . bobbing up and down?" "What is algebra, Johnny?" asked the teacher of a small pupil. "It's a white mule covered with black stripes," answered the little fellow. "I saw one at the circus last summer." "Mamma," said 4-year-old Harry, "I'll bet God thinks I'm dead." "Why, dear?" asked the astonished mother. " 'Cause I forgot to say my prayers last nignt,- answered the little fellow. ' Little 5-year-old Edith was taken te a dentist, who removed an aching tooth. That evening at prayers her mother was surprised to hear her say: "For give us our debts as we forgive our dentists." "I wonder how dolls live? They don't eat anything." "Oh, 'yes, they do." "How do you know? Cause my old one got ripped up the back the other day, and she was full of break fast food. Teacher Who was the god of war? Small Boy Hymen. Teacher No, that isn't right Hymen was the god or marriage. Small Boy Well, my pa said Hymen was the god of war, and I guess he knows. ' "Mamma," said 5-year-old Bessie, "can't I have a milkmaid's costume for Cousin Nellie's party?" "I'm afraid such a costume wouldn't be suitable for a little girl like you," replied the moth er. "But," persisted Bessie, "I can be a condensed milkmaid, can't I?" He Didn't Want the Job. Lord Karnes was Judge of a circuit court Ersklne was attorsey for 'the defendant whose name was Tickle. He began his plea. "Tickle, my client, my lord" . "Tickle him yourself, Harry. You are as able to do it as I am," said Kanies. . Henry la Hallarned. " "I once read a book by Henry James." - f "Well?" "I was quite surprised. I understood what It was all about" Washington Herald. Something- Just a Good. "Got any breakfast food?" asked the oly lady ln the grocery. "All out" replied the erocer absent- mindedly. "But we have 'some very, fine shavings." Milwaukee Sentinel. - Not an Ancestor. Papa was carefully studying the fam ily, history in the big Bible when hi nine-year-old daughter surprised him by saying, "Papa, was Aunt Ann one of your Ann-sisters?"
