"And you mustn't mind what auntie

But when the "three abed" had been tucked in and kissed, Fly called her auntie back to ask, "How can Flipperty grow up a goody girl athout she says her prayers?" There was such a mixture of play and earnestness in the child's eyes, that auntie had to turn away her face before she could answer seriously.

" "O, you darling auntie!" cried the little Parlins, in a breath.

To the "Eagle" office they wentobstinate Horace, patient Annt Madge, and between them the "blue-bottle Fly." "I do feel right sorry, auntie," said Horace, a sudden sense of shame coming over him; "

" "Horace, I can't find auntie anywhere in this house," said Prudy, appearing at the parlor door.

"Then go and kiss dear auntie.

But now the baby claimed their attention and the rest of that day was passed in "visiting" and cuddling the wee Toodlums, who seemed to know her girl aunties and greeted them with friendly coos and dimpled smiles.

"Why, that stone building on Tenth Street, with blue curtains, where we left auntie.

MADELINE: I love auntie.

And it just scandalizes poor auntie; while Beppa says it's a sin to give so much thought to matters of the body.

"What was Harry doing all this time?" asked auntie.

He told his kind auntie very modestly that he had a bank account of his own, and that he hoped one day to thank her in person for all she had done for him.