I ON THAT COLD DAY AT HOME l in BY Y DAVIS TIt It w was was s a cold blu blustering morning with cutting l sleet flying Hying in the tho air all I laia apa said aIl at the breakfast that It would not hot tb do to to let U th the child children ren go So to school that tIny day for fui they th lived a mile from fron th the tho I a anti and ui would ouId have to struggle over a slushy muddy country road oad fulla full fusi a against the thc wInd Always in Iii the spring the going to tl and amI front from school chool was vas made c- c n le h by tl the melting snows and ontI winds and often th the three JoIn JoIn- ton lon children were wre I obliged to lo miss iuIs much of the spring term tel on account t If C such Much weather I But though en ab from flom school the they woi wore e never ne Idle and andon on this blustering morning after papa Inn had declared d It was too ton ha had for COI them to leave Gracie the el eldest est n of the three thle said ai Mamma Iamma o you ou let Ill us lull our own employment about the house to ton to- to n day IR r I think just such uch lessons n it i a-i- quite as necessary the l finding out h. h what hat is to 1 be dOIl done anti and then it our oUt level best best best-as as our oui lessons ns at itt school are arc nce necessary al' al Second sl sisters sister's suggestion ox- ox x- x claImed I 1 old year Billy And I J I lW exactly where Ill I'll F go to tu my m york Amid An 1 third it lu cried mischievous us little Nell 11 Uio thu ba baby of time the family who JIO was just 10 14 So 11 It vas wa agreed that should In no wa ay their thel ork for fOI the time tIny day nor should she lie superintend It I atter they had planned II it for fOI es After nel breakfast fa t Grade hurried ti up II sto stairs fairs ls l's and began an nosing about in the bedrooms Sh She had heard her mother soy a Ol before that thi the th closets Verc In lim sad situ need of fresh CIe h paper paper pa pa- a- a per on olt shelves and ami wall valk hut but that as ai t her hel owl omi worl so u occupied her un tim tone lime she die must let lel them walt wait till the regu- regu hal lal ar house cleaning in III May Going Going- to the hall hail closet a an he the cIa dally lally II antI and papers paper's were kepi kept folded Grade supplied hel with a n. 11 hugo huge armload and returned to JUT parents parents' room wh where le she set to I lik like a busy bee bce Two largo large closets a i bureau antI and great Icat chest of wore emptied of their theft belongings but hut not Hot all at al once dice for fOI Grade moi t systematic In IlL her hel woJ antI and tidied one nc Before lot touching hh the tho other th th bUI bureau burau au and che chest chesl l heln being straightened I In the ame way war A After Afresh clean papers hail had beets been smoothly lacked cd on Ott the tho clo closet t a and laid lall o l' l shelves aliI and I folded In lii d I ra Ia el every garment Cit t vas brushed blushed thoroughly hh before hc being replaced on hook hool shelf or 01 In drawer and Just jUt it at atthe th the moment when Grades Grade's toothier mother called from froim the f foot ol of or the stairs that hint I dinner was ready read time Iho th little girl irl hind hall th time the satisfaction all faction of seeing her hel work k In I three rooms completed her hI lar parents parents' cutS cutS' i com foul and the room shared shar ed oti by hy little NIl And h herself vei made sweet and and- lid tidy III in nooks and amid corners a as Grace GIlce declared to her her- self 4 On leaving lea the breakfast fast table Dill Billy I Ii i I I II I Why II HI are c no C I having a u luau 1111 1111 lIt lICE 1 I had hail repaired t to the stable h hn i I hind hat seen the till need of some work oik several sev se- eral elal days oJ liel oi t C Ills father Cathel hlll belig II a i vcr man and having few ft CV work w lands hands In time the winter mouths months had hind been becam obliged bilged t to 10 o defer lefel t the ime performing lug oL ul tu tasks IH that thai BUI now set himself tl if o tit tO On Investigation lii Billy III hum found that hat several sc bom boards I in lii the time horse horse- stall were ere l loose jO and antI that thul some repairs were nC needed tle in the lie manger tanger Getting hammer saw sav and nails naBs antI and a f few loose boards fro from in tho h 11 set to work like a Hedged full carpenter carpen carpon- ter Cr In Imi an horn hOll he hue hud had stalls nun and ll manI manner man utah I ner Pl I a as linn and good a. a as new Then Theil hl m merrily he looked about for more work And Amid he found it at the ho windows From the lie small square 1 panes Italics of glass Ia the putty was crumbling crumbling crumb crumb- ling flog aWa away Billy ran to the time cellar where he knew his father fathel kept a supPlY supply sup sup- ply Illy o of lIf putty an and oil with which to soften it anti and soon with red lingers for fbi ho hmo was now now to work vork out lUt 01 of 01 doors doors hOLS he was as securing the tIme glass in the fl frames uns But he lie did lIll not HOt mind a whiff of March Ich wind nor a a nip of while at aC work 11 It made him him livelier live live- item lier he thou thought ht A few fe minutes before dinner limn li h he had Ii finished is his work vork Inside and anul outside lh the lie stable tn le anti and ran m-an to the lii house to get warm and anti till tidy himself UI up for fOI lit noon meal And meanwhile lIe I little it It Nell hail had not spent an un Idle Illie forenoon She SIte had pulled II front from the china closet In the lie dining 1 loom all the lie silver sll silver-old old ami aUtI new neW that was to be C found foun there Some of or this his silver ha had not nut graced the thc table In yea cal re rS lid being a hI bit hll t olti fa old fashioned tied a and mud discolored With I soft oft cotton ra rags Us- Us Issue sue ue paper papel anti and slIver silver polish Nell set Iel settO setto to tn work to ln lJ aulY ain l tu u th c th tho- tho old awny cast pieces of tiC unique ware After Arter two hours of or h hard hItI ItI toil for the thc little hands and arms arm Nell ell called her i mother from flom the kitchen where she v v. v us as hUs busy with the hal baking and churning churn churn- ing log to to view the lie array arru of m metal tal dl displayed dis played on un sideboard and ad table tahle Oh Oh 1 I declare cried mamma throwing Ii up Ull her hem hands in lii surprise Why h that old fashioned silver that I I II I was wa thinking nJ of ot stowing away awny out o u uI f sight 1 ht i looks like I Really it II Is much handsomer thal i L the lie newer designs n 4 And mid a nil all I I It nettlE need e PC i was a real thorough h rubbing Well ell ye c must honor the lie dinner ta table able le with t t II few fe pieces of It to today a Then must most happy halll over lI the result ol uS her mornings morning's work Nell Il set Sll the lie talI Cut Cor dinner using ln as US much of the silver 1 service as the tho meal would permit of An hour bout later latel as the members ol iii I the family assembled for fOl dinner papa pall looking ing with pleasant surprise on Phi the artistic Cm of table antI and sideboard side board exclaimed Why h arc are we having has hav mug ing a banquet Is there lucre company coming cum corn III lug ing to 10 dine dillo with vIti us w whistled Billy J I 1 L tet loet et nil Ill this grand amid ra 11 f in Is ch charged I uj to Nell ell She's SItes the tIme artist of or the he famil family 3 you oU know But Bul say tiRY do tas taste I j I better when I the lie table lable 1001 looks like a falt fairy banquet hanquet hall dont don't the they And Amid tin the I timid fond brother pinched tho Ito cheek cheel of ofel ofell ell el t who blushed tl with pride at al hI his his- I wholesome praise I Lovely cried Grace That Thal old I fashioned silver adds thIs so much I to the meal I vote volE that lint Nell be he mistress mis tress of or the time room tImIng from uday on 1111 I Then a as they hey sat sal down at table and papa pala wanted to tn know kIlO what vlma work vork had occupied Grade and antI Bill hilly Billy that forenoon I Well clI UI my work has not been a along tic lines explained Billy But I Ican Ican Ican I can say It t ha has b n along Il quite ile lines sar S Sa a Ditto hero hurc laughed Grade And AhIL after the tho two explained tie tIc manner in lit which the they had lu Iii b In Inthe the he I the they won the thanks s-antl s and approval al of or I their proud and fond ond parents I With such a a. Jot Jut of and Intelligent Intel l oc In in our i hl the thieve there c will vill al always always al- al ways be lie enough said Jait papa papu Such children as Lie arc e quite fulte while And mamma lila 1 tI v mulling sumi Ii Imig face face- facea a sho ulU f X he 11 ra lt Tn c 11 5