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Show The Family's New Leaves By FRANK HERBERT SWEET LITTLE SALE IE crossed Ihe room with great solemnity, raised herself her-self on her tiptoes at the table so she could reach and open a book. She turned a leaf in this and then shut It, all with anxious care. "What yon think you're doing Sal-lie?" Sal-lie?" asked Ruth, smiling "Why, turning my leaf, of course," answered Sallie. "It's New Year's Day." "A real nice start." cackled grainy from her big chair. "Now, It's your turn, 'Ruth. Four to fourteen, a long step, so a leaf equally large." Ituth grimaced and shook her head then grew serious. "All right 1 won't mis my turn." she said. "See none of you do yours. Let's see, 1 can't give up my holiday dances, for that might disappoint oth ers. I I will burn niy llpsllck and color pot." flrundma thumped approval with her cane. "Fine! Fine! liuth." slip encouraged. "Now. Tom. with font-more font-more ypars." "I don't know a single thing 1 can " began Tom. when "C.ood boy.' Absolutely perfect," scorned Ruth. A low7 puffing came from the hii-chair. hii-chair. Grandma was pretending to smoke a knitting np.-ille Tom groaned "Ugh I" he yielded. "Three motrli-I motrli-I will go without cigarettes No nioi-p " "Time enough to realize the hoiipfli Next." "I promise to quit hy Thursday games and read aloud at home." rattled rat-tled papa. "And and 1 to mukp wallles throe mornings instead of one." promised mamma. "And I," arpod grandma, "won't go to slppp while Jim Is rpaipug" Sallle held the kitten's mouth to her ear. "And kitty promises" she said earnestly, "that she'll go out the door regularly 'stead of jelling at the I v.'jdo!7." I (! !926. Wosltrn Nt W.DH ier I'ljjon I |