. In a car of gold . utter, his jaw dropping with awe, his eyes glisteningwith surprise. In what other way can they assist me ?The log must be cut into small lengths, and since theladies can not chop wood, of what assistance can theybe? And as for lifting— He paused in his mentaldebate, and his small face became wrinkled, resemblinga peanut, and he was about to smile; but the recollectionof his sorry plight came to him and all merriment waspromptly subdued. The wrinkles left his face and hecontinued to kneel with hands clasped and with eyesdirected heavenward. Occasionally he cast a sideglance
. In a car of gold . utter, his jaw dropping with awe, his eyes glisteningwith surprise. In what other way can they assist me ?The log must be cut into small lengths, and since theladies can not chop wood, of what assistance can theybe? And as for lifting— He paused in his mentaldebate, and his small face became wrinkled, resemblinga peanut, and he was about to smile; but the recollectionof his sorry plight came to him and all merriment waspromptly subdued. The wrinkles left his face and hecontinued to kneel with hands clasped and with eyesdirected heavenward. Occasionally he cast a sideglance in the direction of the girls, which made it ap-pear that he did not altogether trust them. Ruby stepped from the car, wand in hand, and asshe approached the little man he fell on his face mutter-ing whining cries. Come, friend, she said, bending,touching his shoulder gently, whom are we, thinkyou ? Pick yourself up. See, we are plain, every daygirls! Im sure you think we are queens, expectinghonors to be paid us!. Ruby stepped from the car, wand in hand, and as sheapproached the little man, he fell on his face THE NEW YORKPDBLIP U-^AKY AST»U{, L-v TIU>ENB IN A CAR OF COLD. 47 The man rose slowly, with trembling. Ruby smiledto encourage him, and encourage him she did, for whenshe smiled, courage and cheerfulness came to heavyhearts and lightened them just as the sunshine giveslife to the flowers. At last the little man found words to speak. Thelog, lady— he began, his bead-like eyes glistening,the log lies across the road and— Good man, we are ready to help you remove ?—she touched the log with her wand—it moves—big, lazy log that it is! And it rolled to one side,leaving the way clear. The frightened look returned to the woodmans faceand his crooked legs renewed their trembling. Nodoubt, he believed that Ruby was a witch; and, as weall know, woodmen are afraid of witches. The way being clear, Ruth drove up to the spot andher cousin stepped into the car w
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