. St. Nicholas [serial] . ts for two quarts of milk. -You see, I did ntknow we were going to have bills, and I almostwish we had nt. Oh, yes, and I owe Marjoriethirty-six cents thatshe paid to the but-ter-and-egg lady —I mean the clubowes it. But I guessI can straighten itall out. You ought tohave one of thosesmart cash-regis-ters, said just play onit with your fingers,and it rings a belland counts yourmoney for you. I wish I hadone, said Margue-rite, who was be-ginning to be math-ematically bewil-dered. But I 11be all right if yougirls will let mealone. We will, wewill, said Hes
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ts for two quarts of milk. -You see, I did ntknow we were going to have bills, and I almostwish we had nt. Oh, yes, and I owe Marjoriethirty-six cents thatshe paid to the but-ter-and-egg lady —I mean the clubowes it. But I guessI can straighten itall out. You ought tohave one of thosesmart cash-regis-ters, said just play onit with your fingers,and it rings a belland counts yourmoney for you. I wish I hadone, said Margue-rite, who was be-ginning to be math-ematically bewil-dered. But I 11be all right if yougirls will let mealone. We will, wewill, said Hester. Just remember,Daisy dear, thattwo and two arefour, and then goahead. Now / mgoing to begin ourJournal. I broughta grand and elegantnew blank-book forthe purpose. Wemust write something in it every day, and we 11keep it here on the table, where any one canwrite a page when she feels disposed. Whatshall we call it ? What s the name of thiscottage, Marjorie ? Oh, father calls it Fair View, but I dont 989Let s christen. THIS IS THE ONLY CORRECT AND ELEGANT WAYTO FILL A SWING-LAMP. think that s much of a name. it for ourselves. Call it Liberty Hall, said Jessie, because we re going to do just as we like all the time we re here. Too hackneyed, returned Betty. Let s call it Hilarity Hall, because we are going to have lots of funwhile we re Hilarity Hallit was, and Hesterprinted it in bigletters on the fly-leaf of her she began toscribble, and theothers leaned overher shoulder andknelt at her sideand helped and sug-gested and amend-ed, until the firstinstalment of theJournal stood thus,and Hester read italoud amid a fire ofrunning comment: THE SEPTEMBERSESSION OF THESUMMER CLUB. Hilarity Hall,Blue Beach, \ September 21. The entire club leftMiddleton on the 12:10train, leaving the weep-ing villagers sad andlonely at the departureof their favorite citi-zens. Nothing worthyof note occurred dur-ing the journey. Ex-cept for an ill-behavedcuckoo, who gave hisunsolici
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