Ethel Morton's Holidays

Merriam. Elisabeth was walking with a fair degree of steadiness now, and made her way about all the rooms of the house without assistance. She still preferred to crawl upstairs and she could do

ertrude and picked up the ball from which she was knitting a

re, aren't you?"

I can't imagine anything lovelier than this, with dear pe

o leave it, w

e it? I think they like me.

cingly, evidently dist

cian. "I was just wondering what inducement would make you leave these de

ntering at this instant. "Do

lied Miss Merriam,

his afternoon to help her get

mitted Edward-a confession that

s Aylee

n cheerful ignorance that Ayleesabet had depar

he table cover

isn't

to the hall. Ethel Brown ran into the dining room

for everybody when Ethel

O, what will Dorothy say when sh

t situation?" Edward asked when Miss Merri

nct to learn. How could she know that that was a time and place where it would inconvenienc

nvestigate, would she? And, as you say, she isn't yet consciou

o, no,' to her. I should think she'd t

though," defen

s when she's loved and those two old ladies

aid Ethel, "and I found the older Miss Clark sitting on the floor clapping her ha

ttish mood and played li

r saw!" exclaimed Ethel Brown. "I do

What on earth do you me

Dorothy that Grandfather Emerson is going to send us all to Washington with Mr. W

ll depend on w

e and teachers from our church a

other's partic

rised if Grandmother and G

her won't have

orothy, too, I should think," said Ed

side

Della and Tom,

ance of Mrs. Watkins

if you think th

ave as many as possible because the more there are the be

ou stir up t

just too glorious," and Ethel proceeded to

ening," advised Edwar

inquire

you," responded the doctor automatically,

elf at the Watkinses'. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins sat at the h

lained to Mrs. Watkins, "and Dr. Watkins was there and he asked m

certain character, like all d

at beside her. "He was just saying 'Good-bye' to Miss Ger

em all assembled and they all paid themselves and each other compliments on the pret

the pointed ends up and the lower corners touching so that they made a three-sided cage over the electric light. From

to each other by chains made of wee golden hearts. Ethel Blue had drawn and painted these paper dolls,

," said James. "Does that mean that I'm to sit

or once you can cut out John Alden. Here's John Alden-that's you,

re a

nd

ied one aft

se of History," pointing to a wh

shouted. "And isn't this Ha

y looks l

u guess about t

e young lady kni

ig

of that cabbage," protested Margaret, "but Ethel

Cabbage Patch, just as clearly

Edward," guessed Tom. "Am I one of the Great

leesabet herself, and the Gu

ook at these dozens of tiny hearts. Ethel Brown c

melodramatically. "My future c

sh was salmon, the roast was beef, rare, the salad, tomato jelly, the dessert, stra

ber indicated was instructed where to look for his valentine. Helen found hers inside of the piano. The Ethels turned up diagonal corners of the rug in the northwes

white barred paper which he mounted on colored cardboard, and out of thin colored sheets whose patterns were thrown into relief by a background of white. Ethel Blue had drawn comical Cupids, each performing an acrobatic act. Ethel Brown had baked heart-shaped cookies and tied them into pretty boxes with pink ribbon. Dorothy's knowledge of basket making led her to expe

er of gun metal. Margaret's little heart-shaped pincushions were suitable for boys and girls alike. Some of them were small, for the pocket or the handbag; others were

corner of the leaf. Helen, who had been learning from Dorothy how to model in clay, had attempted paper weights. The family cat had served as

ood's sonnet, "For the 14th of February," and Ethel Blue read part of Lamb's essay, "Valentine's Day," and they