| Show it F ove ako tko pansa F amiul d copyright b by lb m merrill C coro c the parsonage girls entertain a visiting minister much to his discomfiture and carol rides a cow with disastrous results mr me starr stair a widower method fat minister inal a has ha been assigned to the congregation mn tn at mount cast mth it law iowa he and ad hit his d daughter mh prudence she is nineteen and the eldest of five gli girls have hale come onto on ahead head to get the new parsonage paso mall ready for the younger toola members nr of the family 0 of amy el course the whole town esp espe chahy ill the methodists Is ie very in cu an about but in the newcomers at in members I 1 bem of the locks ladies aid society drop I 1 in up upon a the family and I 1 pump th the girls for all they re worth set but the stairs sierra top rapidly adjust tl themselves lIe to ehdy their 1 new I rout ings ad and it the father decides his brood bread is old 0 ld enough to participate in raw family Y P prayers yem L little U co connie he has just it finished w d h hers much to the amusement 1 a 1 a of 1 he her old elders CHAPTER II 11 continued so it wis was the that the twins and connie athe were alone a for I a while you did aid a pretty good ad job connie C is said carol approvingly res I 1 it think 1 E it I 1 did myself nee w as the complacent answer but buti buri I latea intended ded to put la in kee keep p ns be as the apple of thy eye hold us in the t e hollow 0 of thy hand ind and I 1 forgot it until I 1 had bad said amen I 1 bad I a anti notion a to put 1 in a 1 but I 1 it believe Is that isn t done don never hever mind said C carol I 1 11 use com that in mine tomorrow it connot wool be sold bald that this form of road family IT w worship hit was mas a gr great at success the twins were invariably ly stereotyped cut and dried thy thanked the lord tor for the beautiful me morning mg for far kind friend for health III and family and par aft connie always praed 1 in sen 1 fences extracted from the prayers of others she abe had often heard and every time with nearly th disastrous seat runs aft it but later late on an the morning am olt worship went want better the pro gravers ve r a of t the he thil chil dren changed bero became betourne urne 1 more ile personal less canny they to remembered amb emb cred that when they knelt they were at the feet of god gad bud and speaking three direct to him the f family mily had been in the new pat pai an babage rings only three weeks when I ft visiting it wt minister called ailed on them it was she about u t ten minutes before the to lunch ch I 1 con on hour bour nt at the time of his are arrival III mr starr w was as tn in the country comeau visiting eo 0 the girls received him alone it was a an I 1 unfortunate 1 day tor for the sri stairs tally ua had 1 has been at college all 11 morning and prudence P had bad been rummaging tn in the ills attic getting it ready for far a rainy day and winter joh playroom mose for the you younger get girls she was dusty delay and am tired fired the th e luncheon hour arrived and the girl girls came 1 I in 1 fail from school he eager to be up ind and away again still the grate grae I 1 boung ggs co minister mister sat discoursing upon serious topics w with ith the fidgety pro pin dence buil and in 1 I spite of dust bud and per site she was good to look upon sev rev mr morgan realized that and could old not at time tear himself finally pred prudence a ace sighed do you like sweet asset corn cont mr me mor met go gait this was entirely out of the be it line of the their conversation I 1 and tor for a moment be ba letter faltered SO sweet sess corn lie he repeated yost yes meeting ears sr you it know a ached on the cob the then he id oh yes yea indeed very cry much he slid said well WEI she began her explanation amther flor drom dr earll 11 1 I iwas ma bus this morn or ing and did not prepare much lunch ton on we are am very fond of earn corn and rid 1 ranked cooked an enormous but that i all w we a h have ve for lun luncheon chron sw sweet set corn or and ad b butter it ter we even bread because I 1 I 1 am going to 0 bake this afternoon of hernoon and we me never a r eat anti it I 1 i with hect car corn anyhow bow now new if you rare care to set eat await t corn and butter better and ad canned tied P peaches a the we wed d just to loe a to have you stay Y for far touch luncheon with vs us ROT its mr air morgan was wait and auld aid so so prudence rushed to the kitchen op opened I 1 ded the peaches in a huny burly and fished out a clean a for their guest then than they gathered about the table dill five a girls tied and the visiting ditl 11 distef t it was D mail really a curious ahm sight that atil ie in the tha coal center stood lead I a in tall 11 ase of aide d on go either aldr us of I 1 alie was n great platter P plied find hirl with sweet corn on the cobl A arouni llie Ula bable were mes edit plates plate with the mr nac a sarv sil 11 vernnie orem id 1 a glass glas of on a ter for far nah each titers there was also pm I a smal it dial of oc pe peaches ches of nt inch bentli place aud and on nr led idu splat plak ot of butter better that except the napkins but bill made ad rat no bit ahe was dee a duh ter of hiie he pars omige I 1 sha blip phoned ad bar mr me mon to ill his place ai 1 6 ay imd and see ay na as though she w were n usher ocher log ing him in to a twenty seven banquet will you rotor return B vr all at mor g gana he aid A and a the girls bow bowed e d t their 0 bell heads lev mr me morgan ate 1 r 0 d his throat threat mu and ad began our r father we thank thia thee for this table T there b ere was mas more of the blessing but bill the p pong pa songe ong girls heard not at 1 one I I 1 ad d allm phrase except C connie 1 who w ho I 1 I 1 followed him aim through every wal woid it carol burst into inlo merry marry laughter close upon his bis reverent am amen and after one awful glare at tier her sister later prudence joined 1 in and toon can it was a brokup around the parsonage table bible mr me morgan him belt smiled uncertainty uncertainly ne ile was wals pus led met more he was embarrassed but as soon na as carol could get her breath she gasped out an explanation you were just right mr morgan to give thanks for the table I 1 there a nothing on it to be thankful feel and the h whole eb family went oil off once more on into 0 peals Is of laughter mr morgan had bad very little appetite that day lie ile did not seem seats to be so fond ell at 0 sweet evert corn BS as he had assured prudence r bac he talked very ery little hill to too and na as soon as possible be took his bis hat but and ad walked hurriedly may away ee be never called at the parsonage ag ddn ian A few weeks after this thia carol daltin ginal led herself ahw and to her last ing mortification A roan man living only six blocks from the parsonage had pow gen emmsly offered mr me starr free poster pastur age for tiia pretty little jersey in his b broad el meadow and ad the offer w as diate f fully accepted this meant coal that very every evening the twins av mutt t walk after the cow and every morning roust must take coke her back tor for the day 3 graying one evening as they were mere starting out point from the meadow meado h homeward once ard mull ar the docile mell animal carol 1 stopped and ad gazed nt at bill is reflectively lark she he said d 1 I just juit believe to alah my soul that ifould I 1 could rid ride this cow bar bhea a so gentle gente and I 1 im in such a good hand at stick sticking ng on carol carell ejaculated lark think how low it would look tor for I a parsonage girl to go down the street riding a cow but theres no one to see protest ed ad carol and this was true for the I 1 4 A cow have such funny backs Fair personage song ws was near ear the edge of town and the girls peeled passed only five houses on their mac home flore the and nil all sit if them u vere ere w well ell back from tile the roid read to 9 lark argued and pleaded but carol caro I 1 wai firm fine 1 I must it try it she insist ed ad rod and if it dmn I 1 go well wall I 1 I 1 can title slide off it I 1 lou rem can iced ill her lark 1 heat 11 ng lath boosted tier her sister up and carol nimbly arb arald ld let into place riding astride ive got to ride ilde this way she sold said col have such each funny backs I 1 could t keep on tiny any other war it I 1 we a an one core a coming III slide for it IL aug ra for a while all went at well wall lori larb led dunkin car carefully fully gazing about box bously to see sec that no one ile approached so they ded to within to two b boblis ka ot of the parsonage by this thia time blakla concluded that she was its being fprd I 1 upon pa site book tor her head violently nal and twitched I 1 the rope florn laiks I 1 sea hand gave a scornful toss less ot of her dainty head and ad struck out at madly loudly for home alth ith sleet pasee presence of if mind calel caimol till fill flut flat upon the cow con B nick neck at and d hung a on for door dear life while title lark in n tenor started out in pursuit help I 1 llly she feho cried loudly epil papa I 1 pope papa in it this way day they tanned in at tile the parsonage paio nace nage gate which happily stood open As t v cold have it mr me starr a was standing of at the door with two tea men who ow hid h id been becu calling on him and hear tog ing link laiks frantic cries tw tin rushed to meet the wild procession and had the unia unique a expert experience e ot of seeing a im parson age girl riding flat on her stomach on the nock ot of a galloping i jirney ey with one another t tier parsonage fill in mad p pursuit amud I 1 blink a stopped beside the barn bar old and to turned ad her a lived head all about it indu inquiringly laing Y calel slid mild to the agiou ground end buried n lur face in her hands at eight ot of the th I 1 I 1 two I 1 wll with her or balbar 1141 ill ihen with never n word r d I 1 she J lit out for T the lioa st fie at top lot spec speed aad the t three h e men I 1 set sat down on the gr ground ind and burst let into hourly hearty laughter lau lark come upon them na as they sat eat thus aral and lalk lai li was tingry angry she he stamped to pe it hur ho foot with a violence that must have hurt her 11 1 I dont see sec rn anything to laugh at he cried fassl passionately aly it w wai a awful it was we just awful I 1 1 carrie might to have been killed it it rell u us nil all uh about of it link gasped vit 3 it her father er and lack I 1 ark did so smiling meeting a little herself now that her fears were am rall relieved d poor calel she said shall shell beier sr live don down it alic huril lb flon I 1 must go aud and consile her bar i lu I a little while hit carol felt much bet ter sr but at she all talked it over with pru pan do deuce ter very U 7 seriously newly 1 I hope y you understand prudence that ahm I 1 never have anything 11 more clely hel cenyth to do with I 1 hell behe 1 can die 1 of 1 for ail act I 1 care III never euver take her to and from the pasture age again I 1 do ill it such rank ingrate tude as that cow displayed de played was mes never aqua equaled 1 ad I 1 am in certain not 1 I suppose yo on quit using milk aud and maget cream too suggested itral prudence oh well said carol more mom tok bokr I 1 antly 1 1 I I dont want meet to te be too hard on lowne tor for aft afar r all it w was it partly ny my own lault jault so I 1 won t go that far but bit I 1 aust draw the line somewhere I 1 hereafter blickle and add I 1 meet 1 aa I strangers CHAPTER ill III the led ladies A aid now this really was mas a crisis 1 in the life hf n of the p pa andge f family amil the girls ba lad it met apar separately every member of the ladles ladies aid but this 13 we was their cirit combined movement upon open tile the par ind and Pen prudence dene mad and unity fairy real I 1 inal that touch much depended on the sm success of if the day A As girls girl the whole methodist church fir pronounced the young starts charming charou but aa parsonage 0 go people well all they were obliged to 0 receive judgment and be aa tor far pru pro dence having entire tire ill charge go or of the household it must t be acknowledged that hat at aery cry inch individual dual lady looked ornard forward to this meeting with eagerness w wanted led to I 1 sir sie or up the he bit it bill they were coming to see tor far 1 les ile it we was undoubtedly I a aall crisis there U H be a crowd of ill course rae a said batry airy I 1 we 11 just leave t the he doors dean between t the he front rooms roams open yes yen but we 11 close the dining room dmm then well wall have the refresh meats all out on the t table e so and it when we mu are ready well we U just fi ling in b back I 1 1 the I doors caral carelessly carelis sly saly a and there you are so the table was fi prettily reatH date decorated rated w with ith flowers and ad great platea plate a of sand and alches jahe and ad role cake were placed upon pa I 1 tt in n the center was 1 I SO an sao enormous a pu punch bowl bowl borrowed from the averts avard full fell a of lemonade bloomed glasses w were or properly iro perly arranged on the trays and piles 0 of nicely italy home laundered napkins w were S to sent scattered that sued here and there the girls felt alt that the dining room mom was a credit to them a and d to the methodist church entire from every nook and corner coer co er of the house they hunted out chairs and stools anticipating a real ruu run upon the parsonage nor were they disappoint ed ad the twins and connie were not e even I 1 d in their plain little ping ging hams hama clean before the first arrivals were ere ushered up into the front bell bed room ordinarily occupied by prudence and ad fairy there theme s mrs admile adams and mrs mr prentiss end and mis e began connie listening initially to the voices in the next t room in tei 11 whispered v ee carol r pe peek it the through I 1 gb the keyhole L lark n tic ta I 1 and see if it its prentiss Is looking under the bed for dust they say slie he better bettar not let prudence catch you repeating 11 T there here e mi h stone and ad mrs davis and they say bay mrs davis only belongs to the ladies aid for the sake of the refreshments for rest set and caci I 1 prudence will punish you jou W well E 11 1 I don t believe it protested rot a elect CD carol rol 1 I in just below you what it lie heard beard other people say IV we mt m ari n t allowed to spent repeat go gos 11 sip I 1 I 1 urged rg it lark no so and it IU I 1 think nit its it S a simme shame too for its it awfully fall funne I 1 minnie drake broke told me is that miss varne joined the Muth odlat church as I 1 soon aa she be heard rd the new minister to waa a widower ncr R so sho sh she o carol 0 carol whirled or around d Sharp Iv and flo flushed shill said and a swallowed allow ad hard for pru pro denee it I 1 wi was jut jt behind her I 1 I 1 I 1 but she callei atu id gt no fur fac clear alier alpon occasion sion prudence prudenca was quite terrible 1 I feo I 1 1 hviid l it it she said 1 diely Y but her eyes were hird now nm run up stalls and ad out to a fie le god hi id or a to a afi the arn am god aud filly and carol 1 be I sure or and rid d remind man it al me I 1 or of that speech tonight I 1 might orect forget it the girls ran no quickly out carol well in the its lead no wed wedding it ing fee for me ma she mumbled ibid somehow ajust i just cant can t help repealing you do dont t want to said I 1 lark k out not without w sympathy sym aal yal pithy PE thy you think thick it its a such euch fun you know IN ell arc anyhow I 1 in sure cure I 1 won t get any coke cake tonight it seems to me P prudence Is very tery harsh sometimes you I 1 can I 1 appeal past to father if you jang like da do you think that prudence ta la a b bit t too young to handle the amu youngsters with moth proper d bisci 1 I I 1 piti clinef ETU TU bil bac |
