The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03

IL ne were Dulldlng Sure-enOugh hotel,
and Gus watched with admiration.
Presently he tried to put in place an
arch that was in two pieces and needed
two other blocks to be placed beside it
in order to hold the pieces in place, but
In doing so he knocked corner out Of
the building with his elbow.
"You clumsy boy" exclaimed Ethel,
who had been watching with the ut
most intense interest. 'Here-let me
hold them," and a moment later she
was sitting on the floor with them.
Jack patiently rebuilt the damaged
corner and then Ethel held the arch
until he had built around it.
snow make some bathing houses on
the beach," commanded Gus.
Jack obeyed, and then Gus brought
out some men and women cut out Of
cardboard and set them around to re-
present the guests
Here's you and Ethel. I'll introduce
you. for you weren't acquainted then"
said the young rascal, as he placed the
figure of a man raising his hat before
that Of young woman with a parasol
"All right" said Jack. "But l am
not raising my hat at her as should.
am raising it at the far corner Of the
building. Here, let me set them right"
Saying this, he reached out and turn
ed the figure representing himself so
that it faced the figure representing
Ethel. Immediately a white hand shot
out and turned the back Of the paste
board belle toward the bowling figure.
"Snubbed" exclaimed Jack, having a
boldness for his pasteboard representa-
tive that he never would have presum-
ed to have for himself.
But you don't know him yet. He's
the checklist man on the beach, ut
heart and he moved his representa-
tive with his bow in front of the maid
with the parasol
"And she's the haughtiest girl at the
beach," said Ethel, rs she again snub-
bed her cavalier
TRY them behind the hotel where the
hammock is and folks amt lookin',"
volunteered Gus.
"Great head" exclaimed Jack, pick
ing up the two figures to make the
change.
Take care whom you're handling
like that!' exclaimed Ethel, grasping
him by the wrist and striving to Dry
his fingers loose from her figure.
There was struggle full of the aban-
don gayety of the nursery, to which
the blocks had brought them back far
from the formalities and embarrass-
ments of social life. Gus jumped into
the struggle to help Jack, and in the
general mixup the hotel was wrecked
worse than any house that was ever
built on sand. The clatter brought
them back to themselves again, but the
nursery spirit remained with them.
They once more had the frank fearless
ness of children and could look one an
other in the face without blushing.
''Now, you must build me something
else, you two" whined Gus, over the
ruins of his hotel.
For an hour they built and rebuilt
all kinds of houses to the infinite de-
light of the boy, who watched and criti-
cised. At last they disagreed about
what should be built.
Lets build cottage" said Jack.
NO, let's build church," said Ethel.
II want you to build both,' said Gus.
So. as there were plenty of blocks to
build both, they started a race to see
who could finish first. But it was a
peculiar thing that Jack built with his
left hand and Ethel with her right,
while each leaned on the hand that was
supposedly disengaged. But an OBJ.
server less interested in building than
Gus might have noticed that the two
hands not used in building were trying
to rest on the same spot Of floor, and
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