Judy
t the lunch-table, "I want
She wasn't sure whether it would be pleasant
could leave Becky an
have to carry he
," was Judy's calm assertion,
cess who is in the habit of having her w
rs. Batchelle
Ann
randmother s
let her leave
arply, and at her tone the litt
her quiet answer, "but your wan
Judy gave in. Much as she hated to own it, there was somethi
and sat back in
anxiously at her
he pleaded, and Mrs
as her
orrow is
s time. How long do
Judge. "I will bring her back
ul life, and she had never stayed at Judge Jameson's overnight, although she had often
Ju
xplained to the little grandmother, who had followed her t
erent
like Nannie May o
ther with severity. "Nan is a tomboy, and Am
, skilfully. "Do you lik
ed. Her mother began it, and the Judge will keep it up. But Judy is like her grandmother at
e Judge." Anne was folding her best bl
udge's son was in the navy, and four years a
he dr
so she has lived on in her old home by the sea, with a cousin of her father's for a companion-always with the hope that he will come back. But the cousin was married in the winter, and so
stefully at the simple gown and neat but plain garments tha
," she said, "just remember that you are a gentlewoman by birth,
e fair little head, her own old eyes were wistful. "I wish I
ndmother," she said, "I don't really," and for a mome
ing it for the first time. Then she sighed. "But my hair doesn't curl like yours, little gr
hen she went down-stairs and saw Judy's bronze locks giving out wonderful
e around, Anne caught
she cried, "take care of grandmo
and tucked her pretty head un
cky," and at the sound of her name the tame crow f
ed the shiny bag and put it on the front seat; then they
did not seem long to Anne. She pointed
the crossroads, and later when the setting sun shone red and gold on two low glas
celot Bart raises
e!" was Judy's ca
oy," said Anne, "but I
dy
settled back in the corner of
is sixteen, and he lived abroad until his father lost all his money, and they had to come out here,
Judy, indifferently, "he is sure to b
red brick mansion, with the white pillars and with wistaria drooping in pal
ce it is, Judy, what a
she declared in a tense tone, so low that the Judge could not hear, "it isn'
ely, and after Judy's words, even the old mansion seemed to frown on her. Back there in the quiet fields was the little gray house, back there wa
p-stairs, Judy said repentantly, "Don't mind me, Anne. I'm not a bit ni
akness. "There isn't anything in this world that you can't help," the dear old lady would say, "and if y
, and in fact as Judy opened the door of her room, the litt
d you make it look like this? I have
umbling whitecaps showed on the tops of the green waves. Not a ship was to be seen, not a gull swept
ained, "and it reflects a
out of a window," said Anne. "I ha
e wind against your cheeks. Oh, Anne, Anne, if we were only out there in a boat with the wind whistling t
nne thought to herself. "
ed to leave it," s
fierceness. "I want to hear the 'boom-boom-boom' of th
" said tactful little An
is room," admitted
forest, there a flaming garden, all red and blue and purple in a glare of sunlight. In the a
f," she said, as
o you
," mo
es were on the little
es
w," plea
"After dinner," she said.
ved in the great dining-room where silver dishes and tankards twinkled on the sideboard, and where the
side and Anne on the other, and back of them, a silent, competent butler spirited away their plates
e grandmother had been the friend of his youth, and his eyes went often from her sunny face to that of the moody, si
te which always tried Anne's timid, inexperienced soul, as did the mysteries of the half-dozen
went on the Judge, "and I'll let you have the three-
eyes from a scrutin
icnics,"
old face, pushed back his chair, Judy rose and trailed
udge's face was too much for her tender heart, and
ed at her own interference in the matter, "and-and-let's plan
l?" said the Judge, with the
will, and you'd better
ris
For a moment Anne hesitated, then she a
elot. He knows the nicest places. You a
things-bonbons and all that. Perkins will know what to order. I haven't done anything of thi
udy's voice from the
face, but with fear tugging at her heart. What woul
the foot of the stairs. It would be easier to break the news to Judy ou
id Imperiousness f
from the lower hall, and s
e are ready for bed," wa
ing over the rail could just make
ing up?" she as
gone, Anne rose and began the lo