Hurry, papa; I've got to arrange the flowers on the table before he comes." He went away, and came back presently, half undressed, bringing the shirt.

"There's ONE comfort," he remarked, pensively, as she worked.
"I've got that collar off--for a while, anyway.

I wish I could go to table like this; I could stand it a good deal better.

Do you seem to be making any headway with the dang thing ?" "I think probably I can----" Downstairs the door-bell rang, and Alice's arms jerked with the shock.
"Golly!" her father said.

"Did you stick your finger with that fool needle ?" She gave him a blank stare.