The Chautauqua Girls At Home

ed about bumps on the head. She bathed this in cold water, and in arnica, and petted, and soothed, and pacified as well as she could a child who tho

happened I wish I had told mother to lock up all the books before she went. Y

st as he always is, and I had stepped across the room to get a picture-book for Robbie. How could I know that he was

on an air of lofty a

read," said Eurie, her thoughts turned in

ed as full of comfort a

w the cloth off, and a great hunk of dust and dirt lies right on top of one l

aby on the floor and ran, stopping only to give orders

e and Nellis, last evening, when they had a pleasant talk together, the pleasantest she had ever had with

u get around to this room in the morning; it looks as tho

nd sack, and Jennie's gloves, and Robbie's

eturned, holding the kitchen door open, and talkin

see you for just a minute, and I should think that is about a

eaks running diagonally across it, and dish-water and grease combined on her apron

you tell him that I was engaged,

ople? You didn't tell me. He said he was in a hurry. He is

and

go," sa

ou were at home, and would be in in

, and washed her hands, and waited while Sallie ran up-stairs and hunted a towel; then she went, f

of New York,"

then Leonard looked mischievously down at the streaked dress. He was not

Leonard, had volunteered to introduce him to some of the talented ladies of the city, and had

. If myself and all my surroundings don't show a ma

tate of the room utterly; apologized for the unseemly hour of their call, attributing it to his earnest desi

ew questions, and knew as little about the projected entertainment as possible, save that she was pledged to a rehearsal on the coming Wednesday at eight o'clock. Then she bowed them out with a sense of relief; and,

to run, and Eurie had to run to baby. Then came noon bringing the boys home from school, hungry and in a hur

for the oven by spreading over one-half of the bread

nd to the Valley for father right aw

istened for Jennie's report. The parlor door being opened, and somebody being invited

im back with him on the two o'clock train, and he wants to know if you could let him have a mouthful of

Eurie, pale and almost breat

th father. He stopped to call at the Newton'

and composed; no sense of re

have any dinner here. We haven't a

on one foot, "shall I go and tell him t

en minutes of two, and nothing to eat, and Dr. Snowdon (of all particular and gentlemanly mortals, without a wife or a home,

losed the account of it, as she sat curled on the foot of Marion's bed, with the three friends

place; it was no laughing matter, I can tell you. It was just the beginning of vexations, though; the whole week, so far,

ve echoed that, but they were

er of any kind is something that is beyond me. I can imag

Half a dozen words of explanation set him right. 'Never mind.' he said. 'Tell him we didn't mean to have dinner so early, but we flew around and got them a bite-then let's do it.' 'But what will the bite be?' I asked, and I stood looking up at him like a ninny who had never gotten a meal in her life. 'Why, bread, and butter, a

ad had in a week. But, oh, me! I'm glad such days don't come very often. You see, none of you know anything about it. You girls with your kitchens supplied with first-class cooks, and without any more idea of what goes on in the way of work befor

u don't, and never will. But I have made up my mind that living a Christian life isn't walking on a feather bed, whether you live

r. It wasn't in Ruth's nature to tell how tried, and dissatisfied she had been with herself and her life, and her surroundings all the week. She

h kitchen duties and exasperations and keep one's temper. I shall think, after this, that mother is a saint

to talk over the events of the week, and to keep each

they went up the steps, "except that we can help ourselves to s

k will apply. The chapel was large and inviting, looking as though in the days of its planning many had been expected at the social meetings, or else

ing since they could remember. To Eurie and Ruth it was a real surprise to see the rows of empty seats. As for Marion she had overhear

rom the gaze of several heads that were turned to see who

ng directly to the front. I always said if ever I went to prayer-meeting at all, I shouldn't act as though I was asham

h troubled face. Marion looked to see

urely told hi

ad imagined between father and daughter was almost unknown to them. Very fond and proud of his daughter was Dr.

his patience and his sympathy, that almost without his being aware of it, his own

He thought of her religious life with joy and thanksgiving; when she went astray, was careful and tender in his admonition; yet of the inner workings of her life, of her reaching

ed to herself that she could not have told him even of the little conversation between her teacher and herself.

nce of the strangers. He was simply disturbed that they had formed

rarely indeed found their way to the prayer-meeting; and when the one who was a church-member occasionally came to the weekly meeting, for reasons best k

inging loses half its spiritual force." Still everyone was dumb. "I am sorry that I cannot sing at all," he said again, afte

made Marion remember her

ing in prayer-meeting?"

happened to forcibly strike that young lady, just then she shook with laughte

egan; "if we

ce, so tremulous it almost brought the tears to think what a t