Heart of Gold

efforts to get the obnoxious books completed and out of the way; but the second day she was herself again and restles

ow of the open fires could not dispel the gloom and dampness of the storm without. It is just such a day as makes well folks cross and disgusted, and the poor, unwilling prisoner in t

d not play games all by herself and Grandma was too busy; dolls long since had lost their charm; it was too stormy for callers; and altogether world seemed a dull and cheerless place. Even

er turn to eat dinner in the Flag Room that night. Such occasions were usually regarded as a great privilege by this golden-haired fairy, who was a willing slave to every

had just reached out an impatient hand to ring the bell when there was a sound

urtesying so low that the tray

the new waitress was wearing, her face lighted expectantly, and she cried in delight, "O, Gussi

the reception of her little surprise. "This is

der that napkin, too," Peace hazarded, her

ully lifting off the white towel which covered it. The girls looked mystified,-a trifle disappoint

, still studying the q

he boys and girl

oth girls in un

Allee, privately thinking that if the

supper. We have different dishes in Sweden

ht,-and every night until we've et up all your

"You would get tired of them very soon, girlie. Lots you

ace confessed, with an expressi

errupted. "Tomorrow night we will have a French dinne

lly. "And next night we'll have a German dinner, and then an

eward, and suddenly realizing that she had given the weary prisoner a new and profitable play to occupy the long hours while the girls were away at school, she reckle

. "I wonder why they don't teach g'ography that w

she was not only keeping abreast of her classes in school,

re is only Africa and South America left before we get around the world. They have all been such fun! Some countries know how to cook lots better than others. Now, I really dreaded getting to China, 'cause the books say Chinamen eat roasted rats, and I couldn't bear to think of Gussie's dishing up such horrible things as that; but the slo

palm worms! Think of it! Ugh, it makes me shiver! The folks in Brazil eat ants, and in New Caledonia it's spiders. The Mexicans cook parrots and eat dynamite. Do you s'pose they ever 'xplode? And in France where Marie was born they just love snails-raw! I'd as soo

around the world again," s

ely thought Peace was having the most wonderful experiences that ever befell morta

a. "But how could I, so's it would be as interesting as eating in o

ates," Cherry stoutly maintained. "In Florida the

t cotton," Peace b

row other things, too. Maine has the best apples in the country, Gran

ce interrupted, ag

es, and-oh, every state has something it raises 'specially. It would b

of a cook, though she does know how to cook wonderful things. But I'm glad she has got 'most enough money saved up to take

which she loved so well. She even whistled occasionally when the play was most interesting; and the members of the household, watching so anx