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It was several days before Leslie recovered fully fro the next day, and Julia Cloud would not waken her For a week there were dark circles under the bright eyes, and the rose of her cheek was pale She went about ht fervor of her spirit seeested that they get Jane Bristol and Howard Letchworth and go for bittersweet-berry vines and hemlock-branches to decorate for the Christian Endeavor social that her spirits seemed to return, and the unwholesome experience was put away in the past at last

Howard Letchworth had been ed so that the tragic had been taken out of the story that had started to roll about, and Leslie could go around and not feel that all eyes were upon her wondering about her escapade Gradually the reh the wholesome lesson she had learned never faded

More and s down at Cloudy Villa Soirls for Friday and Saturday, not often any on Sunday, unless it was Jane; for Sundays were their very own day for the little faht seem like intruders

"It is our ti for all the week," Leslie explained with a quaint sirl who broadly hinted that she would not htn't like the e keep Sunday Everybody who coo to church and Christian Endeavor with us, and enjoy our Bible-reading, singing hour around the fire; and I didn't think you would"

"Well, I like your nerve!" answered the girl; but she sat studying Leslie afterwards with a thoughtful gaze, and began to wonder whether, after all, a Sunday spent in that way

"She's a kind of a nut, isn't she?" she remarked to another friend of Leslie's

"She's a pretty nice kind of a nut, then, Esther," was the response "If that's a nut, we better grohole tree of the down there all I can I like 'em!"

Julia Cloud seemed to have a fertile brain for all kinds of lovely ways to while away a holiday As the cold weather ca walks with heavy shoes and warurated A kettle of hot soup straight fro basket, was a feature of the lunch When the party reached a ca over an i touches, while the rest of the eatables were set forth in paper plates, each portion neatly wrapped in waxed paper ready for easy handling Soe near the fire to get thawed out Bean soup, corned-beef sandwiches, and hot mince pie made a hearty meal for people who had tramped ten or fifteen miles since breakfast