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sweetness from Jolly. Hello. yourself. I heard you the first time." she answered saucily, An1 shipped the head from paper doll. Then she wickedly cut off it's feet and it's arms. Her face, be- tween shining locks of chestnut hair, was unsmiling.
 Lottie looked unhappy. "Please be nice 10 Miss Ransom, Jolly" she called from the steps Of the house. She's going to teach you your letters so that by and by you can go to school with the other little girlies."
 q should worry about the other little girlies." retorted Jolly wick edly. She cut the paper doll smartly in two.
 Jolly. please be a sweetheart and mind Miss Ransom" begged Jolly's mother. and then she called to Robbie: Better take her Np 1 there."
 But to get Jolly into the nursery was no small job. It was bat tie royal. But finally Robbie won out by simply lifting the kicking mite and carrying her upstairs in | her arms.
 Jolly, at six and a half, had the ! will-power of a woman of twenty: 1 and she was spoiled besides. She said flatlv that she was going to go on cutting out paper dollies, i and that she was not going to learn her letters-and that was that. Finally she began to chant in | sing-song voice: T will not learn my A, E, Cs, so do not try to make mel am not going to learn them T am not going to learn them ! so do not try to make me.' l Robbie was as limp as dish rag when the door opened at noon, { and a blond Swedish maid brought in lunch for two on a dainty tray that was all spotless linen and rosebud china.
 Then another battle began. Jolly was not going 10 eat her spinach and carrots. No indeed, She was going to eat her raisin bread and her baked potato and that was all. q hate spinach and carrots" sine told Robbie with cheerful defiance when Robbie pleaded with her 10 eat spinach and carrots. Nobody has ever been able to make mo eat them. I just spit them out" She was a very bad little girl, and proud of if.
 "I sec" said Robbie, who had not taught the first reader room at Locust school for two years for nothing. And she took the raisin bread and the baked potato down. stairs to the kitchen and asked the cook to keep them warm.
 You may have them after you've finished your spinach and carrots" she told Jolly. when she went back upstairs.
 You get me my food" roarcd Jolly. DO you hear me-"
 There's your food" Robbie tod her and pointed to the spInach and carrots.
 You get me my food, you dumb bell!" roared Jolly. and picking Up her spoon she threw it at Robbie in her rage. It struck her on the forehead and cut a little sa5h in the smooth skin. Instantly blood l. that didn't frighten Jolly the least bit.
 You get me my food." she kept roaring at the top of her voice, while she banged the tnhle-top with her silver spoon with all her might. You get me my food."
 Finally Robbie made up her mind to give her up as a bad .ob. She left her yelling at the top of her voice like an cnraged prima donna and ran downstairs to re- sign her position as Jolly's teacher.
 But Lottie WAS nowhere in sight. The big cool shady looms were empty, and th2'e wasn't sound except the buzz cf roccs from the dining room where the servants were having their lunch.
 Presently a white-t trockcl nurse went up the stairs and Robbie handed Jolly over 10 her and fairly flew out of the housa.
 She was all but crying as she started down the flight Of stone steps that led to Sunsht Bolile- ward.
 Tears of anger and modification stood in her brown eyes, and through them she made out the white blur of a rar that passed her as she reached the bottom and stopped under a pepper tree beside her.
 Hello, Bobsy," The ono voice in the world that she wante] to hear, hailed her. Host VOLT last friend or your last dolar?"
 Robbie shook her head dole fully. Neither, Chs But ot what morning I've put in with that terrible child of .ottie's! Loor! See what she did to mel" She pulled off her tiny hat and showed him the cut in her forehead.
 Gus laughed. Come on, stop showing me your death- wound and