. Ursula at home . ong shall we he going home, mamma ? It is now just five oclock, we ought to he home byhalf-past six. We shall be on the steam cars an hour,-and it will take half an hour to get down to the depot. At half-past six the little party reached their countrytown, and the little friends had to separate, althoughthey all wanted Elsie to go home with them to dinner. Elsie,said Mrs. Eoelof. I wish you would askyour mamma if she will allow you to come after schoolnext Friday afternoon and stay with us as you didyesterday. I will ask her, thank you, Mrs. Eoelof, good bye. Ihave had such


. Ursula at home . ong shall we he going home, mamma ? It is now just five oclock, we ought to he home byhalf-past six. We shall be on the steam cars an hour,-and it will take half an hour to get down to the depot. At half-past six the little party reached their countrytown, and the little friends had to separate, althoughthey all wanted Elsie to go home with them to dinner. Elsie,said Mrs. Eoelof. I wish you would askyour mamma if she will allow you to come after schoolnext Friday afternoon and stay with us as you didyesterday. I will ask her, thank you, Mrs. Eoelof, good bye. Ihave had such a pleasant time, and her little face wasas fresh and pure as the rose she held in her hand, thatUrsula had given her a moment before. Mrs. Eoelof and Ursula kissed her, and soon she haddanced over the bridge with happy heart and feet, andwas in her own home, telling her mamma, and brothersand sisters what a splendid time she had had with , Ursula, John Eliot and Edith at the Park. Cfl I—I Pd </5~ aos. (/ !i N PART SECOND. CHAPTEE IX. URSULAS DINNER PARTY. The week passed quickly to the older members of thefamily, but the children thought the days very long,that the days went very slowly before Friday cameagain. This is Friday morning, Elsie is coming home fromschool with you, Ursula, this afternoon, to stay overnight with us. You may invite Ruth Hawes and KittyWalton home to take dinner with you too, and you canhave your dinner at a little side table—you four littlegirls. You can ask Euth and Kitty before school com-mences. You will have time to go to their homes onyour way to school, if you get started early. Tell theirmammas—never mind, I will write their mammas eacha little note, I can explain better perhaps than you can. I will read vou what I have written them Ursula. •/ My Dear Mrs. Walton : — Will you please allow your little daughter Kitty tocome this afternoon and take dinner with Ursula. Shehas a dear little friend, Elsie Oliver, staying with he


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