Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School

ed Bobby, dragging up a rocking-chair and tumbli

les, whom no amount of pushing out of the way

ay," sa

fenced in a space between two straight chairs. Looking through the carved rounds,

bby, proud as an ar

imney," protested Twaddle

ney, Meg and Dot, the two boys' sisters,

"My goodness, piling up the furniture like this! M

, her dark eyes beginning to

mily on the edge of

ourselves quietly in the house. This is quiet, isn't it? What's the

, it's all right," admitted Meg, rather dubiously. "

de. He had other, mor

over here's the bay window. But we have to have people. People always live in houses

ched her closely, while Meg quickly picked up

" protested Bobby earnestly. "G

er's lead. So Geraldine and Mary Maud were placed inside the tower of chairs and stools and rugs that

t living-room this rainy September afternoon were known

re usually to be found, as Norah, the good-natured maid, said, "right in a bunch"––you met Robert Hayward Blossom, always known as Bobb

ease with which they managed to get out of scrapes for which they were generally responsible. The tw

nt Polly, about which you may have read in the book called "Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm." They had spent the summer with Aunt 11 Polly, and had made many new friends

will do," suggested

the hall and dra

thusiastically. "Come on, Tw

oy had acquired it. "Twaddles" he was though, and he himself almost forgot that he had a "real" name, which was Arthur

mbrella rack. He was elated that he had thought of it, and not for 12

hey had it finally in place

ectly–––"

e pile. In doing this he jarred the wonderful structure, and with a crash that could be heard a

ed Dot. "She'll be

t always patient Norah stood in the doorway. "Bobby, what are ye up to th

s of no use, as the children had learned from experi

aceful the summer has been with ye all at Brookside. And now the mi

by. "We're going to put everything back when we'

ged out the smiling Geraldine apparently uninjured. But a

's head t

en Norah was startled. Then, as Dot's mouth opened

across and there aren't any chips out. 'Member how he mended Mother's chi

t; the doll can be 14 mended as fine as ever. Put up the furniture

now yourself, isn't half as much fun as getting them out to play with. However, everything was in its place before Mother Blossom came home, and after sup

orning, as she and Bobby went out to the g

wish nearly every morn

ointed out reasonably. "And yo

on, the man 15 who ran the automobile for the Blossoms and cut the lawn and

"Why, Sam, what a perfectly lovely cat! Whose is

Philip sat down on the grass and tried to look patient.

ys, I told Norah when you got home you we

d the astonished Meg.

letters where you said your Aunt Polly's cat was named 'Poots'; and I said

said Bobby. "But does N

uldn't have one within a mile of her kitchen; and the children knew that a cat that was never allo

r by Norah. She wants it. In fact, she as much as sa