Show hen henie the ie Ch Ch aren dren U s t ed f BY ny ANNIE ANNiL JAMRS JAMES 3 Mercy goo goodness ness exclaimed Aunt 4 l r Nan Nail as she read the tho first part palt of a aletter ah h letter that Uncle Amos had Just brought to her from the rural lIcit delivery ery cry mull until Lox bov down b by the tho big road goodness Mercy Amos what do you OU OUI I rc reckon l on Is going to happen Honest Honest- Honestly y r J ly It Jt makes s me mo fairly sick nick Ick to think t r of II it so oH U It does does And with a n. heavy hea L ich Aunt Nan dropped IL Into a chair fanned her hor face with JOI the tho corner cOIner fur uti apron st s lil Holding the open I In n her hand h r what Is It Out with It I f. f 1 never nc was fon fond of said Uncle Unde Un Un- cle de Amos nl also o sitting down lown and ancI impatiently Imi im Im- i T patiently awaiting Aunt Nans Nan's nn's In Information In- In formation i. i 11 ll Ill I'll just read nacI the tho letter leller out loud to you OU Then you'll get the whole matter to once said Aunt Nan an g her specs from tho the top of her li h ad to their place on her hor nose 1 Ilea Her HerIt It Is Dt Dear ar Auntie I 1 am goIng goIng going go- go Ing to s solid send m my two girls and one boy fl l to you for n a few fow weeks I am nm anxious fo for them to know the old farm where t I was raised and where my happiest K- K years years of childhood were passed I know I that you ou will be delighted t to have hae my m my darling children your children your own deai Bister's Bisters asters aster's grandchildren I It seems an ago since I saw the old place for fol my life In the city has hns I been too full for Cor me ml to lo get et down own there then since since since-as as you OU remember remember little Tom Torn was a baby You will wl not recognize Tom rom he Is Js such a line big fellow of 1 11 1 And my dear twin twit girls Ma Madge ge I and Mabel l l you ou have havn never nevor seen They will wl be I 12 In ht September I 1 want them to hunt fish romp In the n new mown hay drive the tho coneto cow cone s to lo water waler ride tide the horses horses in in short do all that vv we a have done on tho the dea dar r old farm You will love lovo m my children rs your yom your grandnephew and nieces pieces pieces-a a s they already alread 10 love you ou from flom ha havIng vim hoard heard me mo talk of you OU so much With ith over ever so much love 10 I mus must hastily close for fOl th the children start to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow and I r have a world of work worl t to tollo todo do llo to get eel them off ofT Your ln 10 loving niece Grace Andrews As she hed readinG leading lh the letter Aunt Nan laid it In her hI lap with an ar nl slap an and looked over o her hei herat specs at ul Uncle Amos Waal Vaal drawled Undo Uncle Amos what whal you It Il so to to heart for You used to be he powerful fond of Grace ace when she was a little shaver Id I'd you'd be he glad to have them of hers hels fen fer a little spell Now Amos Fisher you ou know ow I cant can't abide a a specially three of em at once Of course COUIse I was fond of Grace ace when she was a little girl she was wan such a little lad lady and everybody everybody every every- body ody said she was the likeness of me with my manners But laws lawsy you ou know how holy people changes es Of or lr CO course e shed she'd got tied city and she's pro ly got three of as spoilt bad as ever er lived lI Me Mo for one wont won't em You can put your foot oot down on that certain an sure She says she sho wants em ern to romp In the mown new hay Ugh Wonder Vonder If people people people peo peo- think at weve we've nothing to do o but grow blue grass cut an stack It a pur pose for spoiled 1 city-brats city to tumble tumbledown tumbledown down lown Into a a. mess No sir sin h Al Antos os Fisher isher of pf them children wasn't on their heir way wa here this Id I'd stop slop emby oar om by a telegram mes message ge sure SUIO I would Now Nan I youre you're the tho bridge before you oU come to it ft t. t Them little chaps may l. l be jest like youngsters used to lo be e when you and me ne was young Leastways hold your our ho horses ses and wait till th they y show up their heir colors When hen will they git here II Then the date dale of the letter leller was consulted con con- and after a bus busy hour half of calculations Aunt Nan and Uncle Amos concluded that Hint their theil nephew grand-nephew and ancI nd nieces would wo arrive the tIle next day ay bout about 10 a. a in m Waal anI Ill I'll hitch up Ul old Jen Jon and trot rot down to the station to me meet t em om said Uncle Amos determined mined to lo make malce tho the best lIest of a matter mattei which after all might not be he so badi bad I et t ern em walk pup its up Its UI-It's Its It's only half a amile amile mile said Aunt Nan Ian snapping her lips together tog Cant take time Ume from our work to ride buggy city youngsters oung about The They have hn feet let Jet VIM 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