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They went satirically down the street, their chumminess with one another bountifully increased by their common derision of the outsider on the porch; and even at a distance they still contrived toback over their shoulders, at intervals, with say-not-so expressions on their faces Even when these faces were far enough away to be but yellowish oval planes, their say-not-so expressions were still bitingly eloquent

Now a northern breeze chilled the air, as the hateful three becauishable in the haze of autu her foot, left the railing, and went morosely into the house And here it was her fortune to make two discoveries vital to her present career; the first arising out of a conversation between her father and ossipy fire of soft coal encouraged this proper Sunday afternoon entertainment for man and wife

"Sit down and rest, Florence," said her mother "I'm afraid you play too hard when Patty and the boys are here Do sit down quietly and rest yourself a little while" And as Florence obeyed, Mrs Atwater turned to her husband, resuht the same way about it that you did Of course nobody ever knohat Julia's going to do next, and nobody needs to be surprised at anything she does do Ever since she ca men in town have been wild about her--and so's every old bachelor, for the matter of that!"

"Yes," Mr Atwater added "And every old er, too"

His armly accepted the a "Rather! And of course Julia's just done exactly as she pleased about everything, and naturally she's going to do as she pleases about this"

"Well, of course it's her own affair, Mollie," Mr Atwater said mildly "She couldn't be expected to consult the whole Atwater fareed "I don't say she could Still, it is rather upsetting, co so suddenly like this, when not one of the family has ever seen him--never even heard his very name before"

[Illustration: "'Well, menI don't want to see any loafin' around here, ood newspaper this week'"] "Well, that part of it isn't especially strange, Mollie He was born and brought up in a town three hundred miles from here I don't see just hoe could have heard his naot into the papers in some way"