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She s person could resist, and the young lance at Leslie She seeht and wonderful to be true He let his eyes wander about the charht on the books, the little ho cushions of the chair gratefully

"Say, this is wonderful!" he said "I haven't knohat ho since we had a real horavely; "and we love this one"

"Yes," said Allison, "we've just got this home, and we sure do appreciate it I hope, if you like it, you'll often share it with us"

"Well, I call that generous to an utter stranger!"

Then Julia Cloud entered with a tray, and Allison and Leslie both juht a plate onderful frosted cakes and little sandwiches, which soed to have just ready to serve; Allison passed the cups of hot chocolate with billows of whipped cream on the top, and they all sat down before the fire to eat in the coziest way Suddenly, right in the randfather clock in the corner chi stroke

"Why, Cloudy! It's one o'clock! Sundayparty, after all, right at hoer stood up with apology

"Oh, please don't go for afor et ahead of me, but I have first chance He'sto a Christian Endeavor Society anywhere, do you?"

The startled young uard suddenly co into his eyes

"Do I look like it?" he asked half coarments and old torn sweater

"Well, then I want you to coht, at seven o'clock, down at that little brick church on the next street Everybody had to pro some one who has never come before, and I didn't have anybody to ask because all the college people I know are off at a house-party; and I ran away from it, and cao?"