The age-herald., 1899-09-24

Jam and cookies,' urged Jack
 Now, pets, you know mamma is afraid of the fire when she is from home but l tell you what. Next week. you know, is Jacks birthday, and if you will play some- thing else today you may cook Jack birthday dinner on your stove and have as many things as you can cook all by your selves"
 This was little disappointment, but Jack soon entered into Julia's plan for the library and brought all his tools from the shed to put up tiny shelves for her. Ned betook himself to Mary, the servant girl, for assistance in a search for pasteboard. All the boxes in which shoes and other articles had been brought to the house and not yet destroyed were secured; and with ink pens. pencils, rules scissors and other needful paraphrenalia. he set to work in- dustriously to manufacture enough books for Julias doll house library. Julia moved all her dininR-room furniture out of doors for today. Her doll house, as you see from the picture, contained only two rooms, and as one was furnished as a bed room, the other as a dining room and kitchen, when they wished to play wash day or store or library they had to move. They did not mind this at all, for the boys delighted to play draymen with their wagons and were pleased to haul Julias doll furniture back and forth for the moderate sums of from twenty-five cents to fifty dollars. Julia never hesitated to pay the price they set upon their labor for the boys made her so many nice dimes quarters, half dollars and dollars out of pasteboard that 1t gave her great plasure to put some of it in cir culation. She thoroughly disapproved of hoarding money, and sure that the mint from which her supply came was mex haustiable, she sould spend il as lavshly as she wished.
 Today the drayman came and loaded his wagon with her dining room furniture and deposited it under the high porch of the Phunny house He then left word at MT. Ned's office for a carpenter, who was to come at once to Mrs. Browns house to put up shelves for library.
 In a little while the drayman had ceased to exist and Jack, with nails and hammer and plank, called at Mrs. Browns door,
 Hello, ma'am are you the lady what wants some shelves built?"
 'Yes sir; am Mrs. Brown. I want some shelves in this room, please sir. What will you do it for?"
 "Oh, I'll do 1t for forty dollars will work cheap, as am out of a job just now. l am a firstclass carpenter though. See how I can drive nail!''
 Every we'll, MT. Carpenter man; you put up the shelves and I will go down to the book mans store for my books. Don't you break anything now while I ann away"
 Julia was getting curious to know what Ned was working at so quietly and so with a long table scarf pinned on behind for trail, beautiful and becoming hat made of birch leaves with a long chicken feather for a plume, a branch from an umbrella china for parasol. holding up her dress, and with many airs losses up her head she trips down the street till she reaches the book mans store on Back Porch avenue.
 "Oh. Ned, how buful those books are. Ohi you have made SO many that ] must go hire dray to carry them, to my home, MT. Bookman."
 "Yes, maam, and then when we put them up will read the titles to you"
 Ned had spent some time with his work. He did pretty good perspective drawing, and if you could have seen the rows of pasteboard books gotten ready for H. brary in an hour you would have been en- vious of the fortunate little woman who was to have them.
 She watched him admiringly till he had used all his pasteboard. then she hurried back to Jack to employ him to carry them Jack had been busy, too, and a row of nice little shelves awaited the books They carefully loaded the red wagon and were soon putting them In place.
 Here, Mrs. Brown, l shall begin this shelf with the Five Little Peppers for you never get tired of reading about how they grew and close by it I will put Pat sy' and Birds Christmas Coral |" "Oh, goody! Thank you, MT Bookman, I'd rather read those first. Now. what will you put next?"
 Let me see; suppose we put Black Beauty and Beautiful Joe. cause Jack thinks they are good. He must have what he likes as he built the shelves Yes, and we shall put Young Marooners' and Ma rooners Island on this shelf"
 What are these? asked Jack.
 "They are books of adventure. We can put them next. There are Robinson Cru soc, Arabian Nights 'Gullivers Travels, The Vassar Girls different voyages, Swiss Family Robinson, oliver Twist and David Coperfield' you can crowd on this same shelf
 "'rhen here are all Louise Alcotts for this shelf and all of the Pansy books and Fannie Ferns books, the Elsie books and 'Henty's' books.
 "Oh, my, Ned: have you read all these books you have down here by G. A. Henty?"
 Here, can't we put these little classics next? like to read them over and over. These will almost fill shelf by them selves. The James Johonnot Series,' flaw thorns Wonder Book, Zigzag Journeys may come here Stories of My Childhood.' and oh just look at the Fairy Tales 'Grimms' and Hans Anderson besides all these separate volumes"
 "I like these Zigzag Journeys too and all these by Cooper must get in somewhere. l see you have these Arctic Travels and Stanley in Africa We'll am quite satis- fled with my library. This Stepping Heavenward' I think the very best of all, and now Jack, take your knife. please, and trim this rough place then 1t will look
 like a real book case. Don't Ned print well? One would believe our books had come from publishing house.
 What is it. Jack?'
 Julia paused in her chattering as she beard 6 suppressed sroan from Jack She turned to see what had caused it. but in- stantly dropped her books and called:
 "Oh. Jackie, dear; what is the matter? Come here, Ned. Jack is hurt"
 Jack was very pale, but exhibited much presence of mind as he said to them Flush, Julia; Ned don't make a racket about it, please and scare the folks, but Ned, am afraid have cut my eye pretty bad"
 Your eye! What Did the knife go clear in the ball or just the flesh? Oh Jack surely your eye is not out.''
 "I don't know how bad it is Please go in the house first and tell auntie that I am hurt. before I come in."
 Ned was as white as ghost when he