" "What's Valentine's Day?" "Why, it's the day you send valentines, to be sure,the 14th of February.

Those girls across the street know girls and boys who have fathers and mothers to give them money to buy valentines with.

"Guess I know," said Martha, laughing; "yer watchin' for the postman to bring yer a valentine.

It was rather terrifying to find several other customers in the shop, but she had no time to wait until they had left, and, going bravely forward, she called out, "Please, I want a valentine."

And she could buy it now, if onlyshe gave up the valentineJane's valentine; andwhy shouldn't she?

I hope they won't forget the valentines we sent for.

"But there's one comfort," she added, gathering all her gay valentines together, "there needn't be any end to the remembering of it.

One morning as she looked out of the window, she saw the postman suddenly surrounded by a whole flock of little girls, and heard one of them say, "Oh, haven't you got a valentine for me?"

Laura, in triumph, handed the valentine to her sister-in-law.

He told her about the casting adventure, leaving out the bronze valentine.

"I love my valentine.

While she was picking up her valentines the boys came in.

"Oh, I haven't sorted my valentines!"

" "Don't you love your Doodums anymore?" was all Dickie could find to say to this; but Honeybunch had too much on her mind to stop and swap valentines just then.

It began by Malcolm taking his brother aside and offering to trade valentines with him.

"I could use a valentine.

Francesca was answering in kind; she had accepted his valentine.

But the editor leaned far back in his chair; He ran his hands through his iron-gray hair, And stole ten minutes from work to write A valentine to his wife that night.

" In Poor Robin's Almanack, 1676, the drawing of Valentines is thus alluded to: "Now Andrew, Antho- Ny, and William, For Valentines draw Prue, Kate, Jilian." Gay makes mention of a method of choosing Valentines in his time, viz.

But I have sought him, never a bending brow Of any Hill or Glade, the wind sings through, Nor a green bank, nor shade where Shepherds use To sit and Riddle, sweetly pipe, or chuse Their Valentines, that I have mist, to find My love in.

In other words, this is the day on which those charming little missives, ycleped Valentines, cross and intercross each other at every street and turning.

Little else took place that day, Except the field artillery in line Would now and thenfor love, they say Exchange a valentine.