I was considered too young to participate in any of the joint spelling matches, and my heart was heavy within me every time I saw a great four-horse sleigh loaded with joyful boys and girls on their way to one of the great contests.

As I looked over the long line of overgrown country boys and girls I felt sure that none of them would be able to correctly spell the word.

Et, that is Bert's wife, is real smart, and they have two hired girls, besides their own two girls, and they get in a woman to wash besides.

Girls in pretty dresses, young fellows in black suits, all very exact as to the proper evening appointments.

Clearly he was much in favour among the girls and women, much envied by the younger men.

"Me?" A whirlwind of girls' laughter.

" They went in, two of the girls lingering a little behind the others.

She was near madness with the hideous, cruel travesty of such weddings as are dear to the hearts of San Francisco "society" girls.

Girls who were jealous of her would get into a warm flurry of excitement; Gloria could picture a dozen of them sitting at their telephones, calling up this, that, and the other Mabel and Ernestine, saying: "Oh, did you hear about Gloria Gaynor?

The Tea Club girls all liked Nan, and though she was older than most of them, she enjoyed their meetings quite as much as Bumble, Marian, or Patty herself.

" Mr. Hepworth did come down that night, and when the girls asked him for suggestions he very willingly began to think up plans for them.

" "That's just the way it is with girls," I said.

We girls haven't got to eat like you men.

However, I was pleased to find two bright little girls to aid in the family greeting, which was delightful after the months of separation.

A MYSTERY XI A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS XII PICTURES, GIRLS AND

We watched them set up some dummy figures of girls and workmen, closer in, and then in some way they toppled over the big brick wall.

"Meantime," said she, "two very respectable girls, who are not actresses, will be exhibited before the critical eyes of millions of stupid workmen, reformed drunkards, sad-faced women and wiggling childrennot in dignified attitudes, mind you, but scurrying from what they supposed was an imminent danger.

These two girls were spending the winter months in the glorious climate of Southern California, chaperoned by their uncle and guardian, John Merrick.

The girls had not been rich when their fairy godfather first found them.

No one seemed to resent such action, for Californians admire the motion picture as enthusiastically as do the inhabitants of the Eastern states, so the girls' "adventure" was really a common incident.

Men, girls and boys are employed.

The minute Dravot puts on the Master's apron that the girls had made for him, the priest fetches a whoop and a howl, and tries to overturn the stone that Dravot was sitting on.

They're prettier than English girls, and we can take the pick of 'em.

He put it before the Council, and there was no answer till Billy Fish said that he'd better ask the girls.

'Keep your hair on, Dan,' said I; 'and ask the girls.