Brother and Sister

s like this

ening his nose against the screen door

s to be, it had rained. That was three days ago, so you may be sure the whole Morrison family

party," announced Louise, who sat in the porch hammock

thought

broom she carried, in her eagerness to be one of

s going to call for me with her car, and it wouldn't be polite to ask her to take two ch

Adams drove her shiny automobile up to the curb, and Louise and Brother

e tears. "What you crying for?" she asked. "Everyone gone and left you? I'll tell you what to do-you go o

" asked Sist

p crying and then find

answered Grac

tchen and Grace ran off to h

lly was upstairs making the beds, and Mother Morris

ly as she saw what was

rge pink plate, perched Brother's birthday cake! It was a

aloud. "There's no ICING! I s

y cakes Molly made-and she made seven every year for the Morrisons, and one fo

lovely creamy white stuff on the small table between the windows, this s

spoon and stirred it carefully, and the water mixed nicely with the white stuff, so

it with," said Sister, who had ofte

t put one broad streak of white across the top of the

. "What are you doing

nswered Sister calmly.

ed the bowl from

his isn't ICING-it's STARCH for Mr. Jimmie's collars. I'm going to make a beautiful choc

id Siste

y hands full today getting ready for the party

er reluctantly mounted the

to herself. "Only she's lost her jackstones and

le with his things, they had a great attraction for her. She could just see the top of Dick's chiffonier from the

ttons that Sister was sure she had never seen before. She played with them, toss

hispered. "I could use 'em and put the

she slipped the box of pretty buttons in her pocket and jumped down. She put the chair where she had foun

alled Sister. "Come on,

a little girl a year or so older than

ay," Sister told her. "I've f

to play with them. She ran and got her ball and the two little friends sat d

and Nellie two, when t

you want to help fix the fishpond

pocket and ran home, eager to see