St Nicholas [serial] . exchange that way, Kingsford. Yourtrousers would be several inches too short forlittle me. How about collars? Fourteen and a half, said Evan. My size exactly! Fourteen and a half, fifteen,or fifteen and a half; I m not fussy about through here. Rob tossed the towel in thegeneral direction of the wash-stand and lookedaround for his cap. Where do we eat? asked Evan, filling thebowl. Dining-hall s in Second House. If we hurry,maybe we can get at a side table. I m as hungryas a bear. I forgot all about dinner this noon. Igot so interested in that silly piece of b
St Nicholas [serial] . exchange that way, Kingsford. Yourtrousers would be several inches too short forlittle me. How about collars? Fourteen and a half, said Evan. My size exactly! Fourteen and a half, fifteen,or fifteen and a half; I m not fussy about through here. Rob tossed the towel in thegeneral direction of the wash-stand and lookedaround for his cap. Where do we eat? asked Evan, filling thebowl. Dining-hall s in Second House. If we hurry,maybe we can get at a side table. I m as hungryas a bear. I forgot all about dinner this noon. Igot so interested in that silly piece of brass thatthey d stolen the dining-car before I knew ? Sometime I m going to fix it so we cango down by the window. It would be lots nearerthan going by the stairs, and I ve got a dandyidea for a rope ladder! onttuued.) AN AFTER-CHRISTMAS JINGLE Christmas bells ring out the clearest;Christmas pleasures are the dearest;Christmas friendships are the nearest;Christmas gifts sometimes the queerest. Deborah E. WHICH MAY I KEEP? FROM THE PAINTING BV ARTHUR J. ELSLEY. Copyright, 1902, by Photographische Gesellschaft. By permission of the Berlin Photographic Co., New York. A STRANGE TELEGRAPH WIRE THE YOUNG RAILROADERS SERIES. TALES OF ADVENTURE AND INGENUITY BY F. LOVELL COOMBS One evening shortly after the beginning of thesummer holidays Alex Ward was chatting overthe wire with his special over-the-wire friend,Jack Orr, at Hammerton, when the despatchingoffice abruptly broke in and called Bixton. I, I, BX, answered Alex. Is young Ward there? clicked the instru-ments. This is young Ward. Say, youngster, would you care to do a coupleweeks vacation relief at Hadley Corners, begin-ning next Monday? The man there wants to getoff badly, and we have no one here we can send. Most certainly I would, replied Alex,promptly. OK then. We 11 count on you, and I 11 senda pass down to-night, said the despatcher. Thus it came about that the following Mon-day morning Alex alighted at th
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