Rosemary

a sweater in the hammock and a box of gay paper dolls on the floor showed that it ha

s huddled closely together in the cushioned window-seat and turned the hair of one to gleaming, burnished golden red, another to a fairy web of spun yellow silk and searched

dark-haired one suddenly,

o, started nervously. Her violet blue eyes transferred their

o you hear me, Sarah? That couldn't hap

," protested Sarah sul

ellow hair did not answer. She started

oming!" s

air, darker eyes behind eye-glasses and a keen, intelligent face, descended

eside Rosemary and holding the younger girl in his lap.

oked at him

decided that all she needs is a long rest. I am going to take her to a quiet place in the c

oulder and Rosemary was crying

anything and then she cries herself sick thinking things. I would rather," she de

nie what I have told you about Mother. Quietly now, and no shouting. Rosemary, dear," he put a protecting arm around the weeping girl, "you will feel better now-we have

nt-faced middle-aged nurse, standing respectfully on the lower step,

'm sure you will find Pine Crest sanatorium all that it is said to be and the right place for your mother

"Rosemary-" he summoned her with

ng his quizzical gray eyes rest a mo

he said quietly, "and, a little, be

ent mane and showing her violet blue eyes still wet with tears. She smiled

voice held a note of pure joyousness. "So happy

s smiled a lit

ecialist, after a moment's sil

r drawn up at the curb. Rosemary, with a swift hug for Miss Graham, dashed pas

son's mother died-" the expressive face sobered and, sitting on the edge of her pretty white bed, Rosemary's twelve-year old mind fill

elief began to beat loudly again in her heart, s

semary tumultuously. "I am

from the closet. Sitting in the middle of the

a little voice. "Ros

he could see across the bed which

she answered. "Did you t

ing upon the bed. "We told

oing to put them on and wear my white linen dress. Don't you want to dress up to-

irley, sliding off the bed backward. "

ave to wash your face and hands and neck and then yo

ry?" demanded another vo

"Say, Sarah, don't you think it would be nice

ked Sarah

"And everything has been in such a mess this week, the table half set and nobody carin

a lot of fuss, you know I do. Rosemary, do you suppose it hurt

ith the red tie," promised Rosemary. "And do brush your hair back the way

Sarah. "Don't forget

me Shirley, carrying a pair of d

n on the floor beside Rosemary to watch the cle

y promptly. "What dessert do you sup

ely. "I saw 'em. Couldn't Winni

l ask her if I can't telephone the drug-store and have them send

en and a simple and orderly array of silver. But it was the three joyous faces turned expectantly toward him that caught and held his attention. Rosemary, in white from head to foot, stood behind her mother's chair and all the light in the room seemed to center in her eyes and hair. Shirley, looking like a particu

or, surveying them appreciatively. "Seem

use Mother is going to get well," s

as if I were a grown-up woman," she recounted with pride to her mother la

ave ice-cream," S

bsently, beginning to carve. When he h

rudy Wright. Mother wants her to come and stay with you while she is away; I do

hungry consumption, looked distressed. "I can ke

ice in my room," wailed Sara

potato. "Let's tell Aunt Trudy not to come. She sa

her and will go away happy in the belief that you will be well taken care of. There is to be no argument and I absolutely forbid you to mention the subject to Mother; if she says anyth

Aunt Trudy," s

r, when we are through?" asked Dr. Hugh, ignoring Sarah's remark. "I am going

e people at the table were busy with conflicting thoughts. Shirley alone was c