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But, when Julia Cloud heard the stupendous price that was asked for ready-made curtains or curtains made to order, with fixtures and installation, she exclaimed in horror: "Leslie! This is foolish We can easily make them ourselves, and put theht -machine! But it was all out of repair"

"Could we really et a sewing-s, too, soet one We'll buy that next No many yards of each of these do we need?"

In a few ured out how much was needed, counted the nued to send the package down to the car at a certain tiht a sewing-machine, one that Julia Cloud knew all about and said was the best and lightest on theto run it as if it had been a new toy and she a child

"We'll have it sent right to the little new house, and then we can go there evenings after we are through shopping, and sew You can cut, and I can put in the heet scissors and thread, a lot of it, and silk to match the colored curtains, too"

They took the roo then of the furniture as if he had been a young bridegroo for himself

They had set aside a certain suuardian's liest siood taste for such a senerous liame for Julia Cloud to coe into this wholesale beautiful buying untroubled by a continual feeling that she ard to taste or desire It onderful; but it earying in spite of the delight, and so the little house was not all furnished in a day

"Well, the living-roohed Leslie, leaning back with a fling of weariness "Now to--room"