The Carter Girls' Week-End Camp

e walk in the moonlight. The next morning she watched him closely and there was something about the businesslike way in which

ther missed the rolling of the ship. Again she had kept Susan so busy waiting on her that the labor of serving breakfast properly had fallen on He

morning and she must never be asked to go out in bad weather. She must have the daintiest food; the warmest corner in winter and the coolest in summer. She had never demanded these things, but they had always been given her as t

was she not kind and thoughtful of everyone? Had she not brought a present to every one of her girls and a great box of expensive toys for Bobby? It was not her fault that Bobby preferred currying that disgraceful-looking old mule to playing with the fine things she had purchased for him at the most exclusive toy shop i

the pavilion that commanded a view of the beautiful apple orchards of that county of Virginia famous for the Albemarle pippins. "Did

I have a very comfortable bed and a nice bright fire cheered me up wonderfully after I left the pavilion l

growing close to the post. He could not but picture the little woman of the evening before hanging on to her h

my girls at the camp for a while, and of course I could no

ssary as a chaperone! You know I am thinking o

could not leave my girls unle

here; he is enough

what Mrs. Grundy will say," and Jeffry Tucker crossed his fingers again and reached for more green, "espe

effry Tucker. He devoutly hoped that Mrs. Carter would not hear that Page Allison was in the habit of being chaperoned by him, if one could call it being chap

t dream you were such a st

hese girls almost grown makes me feel I must b

y, though, that you could not leave Virginia and Caroline up here in Robert's care. I am sure it will be all right for once. I have quite set my hear

turday and I thought I would bring with me Hiram G. Parker. He would like this sort of thing and fit i

s. Carter was l

judgment was seldom gainsaid. Mrs. Carter was thinking that no doubt the presence of Hiram G. Parker in their camp would be of more benefit than a trip to White Sulphur. Her position in society was of course assured beyond a doubt but that did not mean a successful debut for one of her

asant here and so delightful to be with my children again; and if your daughters and that sweet

enough. If you choose to make it so, Camp Carter will vie with Whi

unity to inform the anxious Nan of

did you

t up with my girls though for another week or so. Your mot

Do they wan

won't tear things wide open at camp.

get mother to give up White Sulphur j

I think she th

call you Mr. Mac

emingly impossible of making your mother decide of her o

u do th

our secret, so don't tell a soul that we have any hand in this

and Nan held his hand with both of hers with no more trace of sh

ful?" demanded Dum Tucker, coming suddenly around a spur of

re for some days longer. Isn't that

know-that soun

up a ouija board to pass the hours

it," but Dum could not see why Nan was blushing so furiously and evidently trying to hold in the

y gentlemanly of me to try to find out if he

rearing of them alone and unaided. Many stepmothers had been picked out for these irrepressible girls by well mea

ters. And so he did seem to be. Time had no power to age Jeffry Tucker. He was in reality very young to be the father of these great girls, a

is expected of a gentleman, and if my girls come up to that standard I am sure they will pass muster," he had declared. As a rule the twins did pass muster. They were perfectl

as soon informed by her mother that she had given up the trip to the White, so some of the load was lifted from the poor girl's heart. There was mu

o into our house and turn out the desirable ten

nd mother says our credit is as good as the U

not be quite square to presume on that credit when we have no way of paying the bills."

ng and delving for gold and then not use the

so large that we could make a

e a start and the

me when I don't wan

ow we have always let her do whatever she wanted to. It would make fat

tn't know she wants

is planning all the time fo

vercome all of her antipathy for that young physician and in fact liked him rather more than anyone of h

. She was not allowed to go in the sun at all and in the shade she must wear a great hat tied under her chin, with a curtain of blue veiling draped o

the center of the pavilion was to that edifice. There was a feeling that everything might topple over now that those two young men were gone. It did

d the reservoir, and then a table was added so that afternoon tea might be served there on occasions. He was so busy and so happy in being busy that it was delightful to see him. Bobby was his companion at all times, even deserting the beloved Josh and Josephus to be with his father. This was a new father, one who had time to play and talk. Together they made wonder

. Wright had predicted was taking place. Ro