Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-21

Early Saturday evening Dorothy Carlyle fairly danced up the little gravel path to her home..s "'Lo, sis, what's up? Tryin' to imi- tate one of them movie queens?" laughed a freckle faced urchin reck- lessly riding the rail on the front porch.
 ESQ Jimmy doesn't like candy,' gig gled Dorothy.
 "lAw, you know was jest foolin', v parleyed the distressed James. ooh, I see;' well, please help your self, but maybe you'd better take only four pieces now, before supper hinted Dorothy.
 "Oooo, Dawwafy fse so glad you come home" lisped three year old ] Betty as she ran to greet her biggest sister. In a joyous mood the trio entered l the house. A wan little woman was sitting by a window waiting for them. | She sighed contentedly and smiled low ingly up into her eldest daughters face as she bent to kiss her.
 l "How is my motherl1ins this eyen- i ing?" Dorothy asked cheerily. I'm feeling fine" she anSwered; but 1 a worried look. crept into her gentle face. I'm afraid Anna is kind of done out. Perhaps you had better" l Dorothy Twas already on the way to her next oldest sister
 Y She found her sitting disconsolate | in the kitchen chair beside the table Anna was weakly wiping very moist 1 pair of eyes which persisted in gazing sorrowfully on very burnt cake Dorothy tWined a loving arm about the 1 shaking shoulders.
 q know just how it was" She sooth- ed. You thought you would make something extra nice for me. Ther just the minute it ought to have beer | taken out of the oven Jimmy cut him self of Betty fell downstairs or mamma had coughing spell."
 'T'm going to scrape the cake ant dish up supper And, Anna, I've go something great to tell you tonight, and with sisterly hug Dorothy sen her upstairs to bathe her face and tt put on cool dress. Then enveloped il a spacious apron she made the burn cake fly so that soon there appeared ltbeneath the sooty coat of black : tempting expanse of brown, spong. gingerbread.
 After supper the dishes were washed and Betty was put to bed. Then i was that Dorothy and Anna went fo I a walk. As soon as they were out o hearing from the house Dorothy began to talk. "Mr. Clark told me tonigh that week from Monday I could hay a whole week for a vacation"
 Dorothy, is it. true. really,' ejacu lated Anna.
 "Um- mhfn; >but this is what I'm go ing to do," continued Dorothy. "Yol I l-k. rI,f fn fo hi
 altitude, the doctor said so, and he cousin. lives up in Vermont. she wrot long while ago that she would lik
 mamma to come an6 visit her, but 0
 course mamma couldn't afford it.'
 T had it all thought out long age so I wrote and told Cousin Matild
 that maybe mamma would be able t go this summer. I got a letter fror her, and she said she would be gla
 to see her, it was so lonesome up there
 We'll, I've saved up enough money fo
 mammals. fare there and back, and ]
 little extra, 50 she. can go there whe
 have my vacation"
 "But what are you going to do? ?
 broke in Anna. '' -
 'Fm going to have the time of m
 life staying home picnicking with 70
 and Betty and Jims and you're nc 1 going to do one bit of work"
 Don't you think I won't have fun.
 she continued, as Anna was about
 interrupt again. i've got it all planne
 and it's going to bc one grand vaca
 ton" She little dreamed how grant
 So it was that mother was sent t
 Cousin Matilda's. She had feebly re
 monstrated at irst, but when ssh
 learned that Grandma. Taylor wa
 coming to stay while she. was gon
 she gave up to 8 feeling of great ex
 pectation for her trip.
 The first two days of Dorothy's va
 cation passed like lightning, for all ( fKo.-~ To ui--- --A:--,---