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Show Who 1)11 VI half III tire daya wh.n our grinltnolhers were irls Ihero camo ik caionall into the family of it good dear u w itli nluo chlldrro n village dteesmnker Hhr had an absorbing interest in other ip!e affairs, and always look it f rward with I arthular pleasure to tho ui-ek during whkh h rut and fitted for theilrwron a girls,, knowing Hut bis bonne was In anmo sort n sotial center, w hero she was likily toliearplmtyof frock tits and ct tertalning anecdotes. Ono it ty she arrived late for her work, and as she entered tho house cnuxht it glimpse tf the six daughters already n-rembled n-rembled in the family sitting room with thilr gowns and iatterns, their work-lxe work-lxe nn 1 their new roll of "Injy muslin mus-lin " Dm none of them were at work, for one wits tilling the other it stor) of such absorbing interest that they tat breath-loss breath-loss an 1 s)llound with bands fallen In their laps or necdlea aujudod In the nlr The eight was too much for the newcomer new-comer With one mitt on and ono olf, her unfastened pelisse dragging frun Iter shoulders, her bonnet nskew aid its loosened strings streaming, she ai I srvd suddenly among tlio astonished girls crying ns (he camui "Whatf Wliatt What ll lt Who did what" Mio was amwereJ, although giving a full answer tn olved tlie refilling of the whole stor), but her comprebon dvo lu-qnlry lu-qnlry bcatno thereafter n family byword by-word Among tho deecon'a dcKendanls to this dty If one ahonssUnsof too great Iiuiuljiitlveiieiis, It Is sufficient for any other luemlier of the family to ask, w itli a lilt of the eyebrow i "Who dll whstr" Youth's Compan- Ion, |