Arizona republican., 1911-08-11

Suddenly Aunt Doris laughed OUT.
81 do, do. | do"
Say it right QUIT" demanded Uncle
Cal.
az do love you, CAL" Aunt Doris
said
That's all ask" he said steadily.
'If I'm poor now I'll make good and
get rich, with you to love me and you
to love-"
Valera saw Aunt Doddy's pink
chambray form drawn close to the
shadow of Uncle Cal.
She scrambled back to bed happily.
The next morning sleigh-bells were
| jingling merrily.
Its enough to make anybody say
so-what Leah Gardeners father
says" Valera cried out brazenly, I'm
sick of snow! Poor little bloodroots!"
She did not feel so cowed in the
morning light. Narcissa got out of
bed quietly; her mien was at once a
reproach and reminder of last night
Valera yearned to tell her the beauti-
full truth about their mamma-but it
would involve her as an eavesdropper
and. In Narcissa's present mood, with
unpleasant consequences.
Are you mad at Leah yet?" Valera
ventured.
Narcissa coughed. just to show her
voice was not gone.
"Narcissa," Valera broke out, to
day you can pull my loose tooth, to
make up for last night"
"And have you scream bloody muir
der-no, thank you'll" Narcissa replied.
Valera bridled angrily.
You're pale just at the thought"
her sister tainted.
81 was going to make the sacrifice
10 make up for last night" the mar
tyr said IN an odd voice, "but God
knows I can't do it alone"
"If you won't tell"
"win 1t hurt?" Valera asked quick
ly.
"Pooh!" Narcissa returned. when
shall l pull it?"
ANY time-after breakfast The
appointment was not made with
fervor.
"Out behind the wood-pile," Mar
cissa stated definitely, right after
breakfast; then you can take 1t to
church and Sunday school,"
She took a bail of Irvine from her
pencil-box in the doIl's bureau drawer
and concealed 1t in the deep pocket of
her morning pinafore Then they
went down to the kitchen, where
Grandmother Pollard gave them buck
wheat cakes and brown sausages.
IN tn1l fnor n thnfr
grandmother about Mr.. Cal Barry's
folks.
He says they like that new photo of
me he sent them" she said.
at don't do you justice somehow,
either" Grandmother said.
She looked at her daughter fondly.
Won't 1t be nice, mother" Aunt
Doris said. "all of us here together,
one great big family"
as Mr.. Cal Barry coming here to
liver Narcissa questioned modestly.
Grandmother, turned to the twins
and answered severely:
Yes, He is going to be your uncle
Saturday."
"Oh, Aunt Doddy!" they chorused.
How heavenly" squealed Valera.
You can go play little before
dressing for church." Grandmother
said.
She wanted to be alone with Aunt
Doris. Narcissa went to the wood
shed and put on her rubbers. Then
she went outdoors and around behind
the wood-pile. Valera kept sliding
in dilly-dally way on a patch of ice.
"You won't have 1t for Sunday
SCHOOL," came haunting to her ears.
She slowly circled the wood-pile and
her pink pinafore was lost TO view.
The rest happened behind the wood
pile Five minutes later there issued
therefrom a shill scream and a blue
aproned little figure, with something
dangling to yards of vari-colored Irvine.
Then came a pink-aproned form, spit
ting its flaxen head nearly OF.
Its a g-good sacrifice" she slut
tered.
But Narcissa was gone. and with the |
tooth. Valera started round the house.
But what had happened? The lust |
of tooth had affected Narcissa |
for tracking her, showed |
two separate sets of footprints in the |
fresh snow, so she had twice gone ca |
reering madly round the house. prob |
ably before her victim. emerged from |
the place of torture, had finally en- |
tered the front door-ioith her Tub6ers |
on. Snow on the carpet led to their
room. Once there 1t did not take
long to find the treasure-bearer under |
the bed
At this juncture, orders were issued
from the foot of the stairs for the
twins to hurry on white stockings |
and black patent leather shoes against
going TO church.
Grandma won't like me not having
my tooth in Valera said, meaningly.
She will so. II matches me, amt
we twins? S'pose you'd swallowed it
like / must of mine. You had ought
to OF lost it ages ago." Narcissa
emerged, swinging the tooth on the
string. you take II to church and
let me take it in Sunday school. then
ri give it back to you for your treas