Judy

t the lunch-table, "I want

She wasn't sure whether it would be pleasant

could leave Becky an

have to carry he

," was Judy's calm assertion,

cess who is in the habit of having her w

rs. Batchelle

Ann

randmother s

let her leave

arply, and at her tone the litt

her quiet answer, "but your wan

Judy gave in. Much as she hated to own it, there was somethi

and sat back in

anxiously at her

he pleaded, and Mrs

as her

orrow is

s time. How long do

Judge. "I will bring her back

ul life, and she had never stayed at Judge Jameson's overnight, although she had often

Ju

xplained to the little grandmother, who had followed her t

erent

like Nannie May o

ther with severity. "Nan is a tomboy, and Am

, skilfully. "Do you lik

ed. Her mother began it, and the Judge will keep it up. But Judy is like her grandmother at

e Judge." Anne was folding her best bl

udge's son was in the navy, and four years a

he dr

so she has lived on in her old home by the sea, with a cousin of her father's for a companion-always with the hope that he will come back. But the cousin was married in the winter, and so

stefully at the simple gown and neat but plain garments tha

," she said, "just remember that you are a gentlewoman by birth,

e fair little head, her own old eyes were wistful. "I wish I

ndmother," she said, "I don't really," and for a mome

ing it for the first time. Then she sighed. "But my hair doesn't curl like yours, little gr

hen she went down-stairs and saw Judy's bronze locks giving out wonderful

e around, Anne caught

she cried, "take care of grandmo

and tucked her pretty head un

cky," and at the sound of her name the tame crow f

ed the shiny bag and put it on the front seat; then they

did not seem long to Anne. She pointed

the crossroads, and later when the setting sun shone red and gold on two low glas

celot Bart raises

e!" was Judy's ca

oy," said Anne, "but I

dy

settled back in the corner of

is sixteen, and he lived abroad until his father lost all his money, and they had to come out here,

Judy, indifferently, "he is sure to b

red brick mansion, with the white pillars and with wistaria drooping in pal

ce it is, Judy, what a

she declared in a tense tone, so low that the Judge could not hear, "it isn'

ely, and after Judy's words, even the old mansion seemed to frown on her. Back there in the quiet fields was the little gray house, back there wa

p-stairs, Judy said repentantly, "Don't mind me, Anne. I'm not a bit ni

akness. "There isn't anything in this world that you can't help," the dear old lady would say, "and if y

, and in fact as Judy opened the door of her room, the litt

d you make it look like this? I have

umbling whitecaps showed on the tops of the green waves. Not a ship was to be seen, not a gull swept

ained, "and it reflects a

out of a window," said Anne. "I ha

e wind against your cheeks. Oh, Anne, Anne, if we were only out there in a boat with the wind whistling t

nne thought to herself. "

ed to leave it," s

fierceness. "I want to hear the 'boom-boom-boom' of th

" said tactful little An

is room," admitted

forest, there a flaming garden, all red and blue and purple in a glare of sunlight. In the a

f," she said, as

o you

," mo

es were on the little

es

w," plea

"After dinner," she said.

ved in the great dining-room where silver dishes and tankards twinkled on the sideboard, and where the

side and Anne on the other, and back of them, a silent, competent butler spirited away their plates

e grandmother had been the friend of his youth, and his eyes went often from her sunny face to that of the moody, si

te which always tried Anne's timid, inexperienced soul, as did the mysteries of the half-dozen

went on the Judge, "and I'll let you have the three-

eyes from a scrutin

icnics,"

old face, pushed back his chair, Judy rose and trailed

udge's face was too much for her tender heart, and

ed at her own interference in the matter, "and-and-let's plan

l?" said the Judge, with the

will, and you'd better

ris

For a moment Anne hesitated, then she a

elot. He knows the nicest places. You a

things-bonbons and all that. Perkins will know what to order. I haven't done anything of thi

udy's voice from the

face, but with fear tugging at her heart. What woul

the foot of the stairs. It would be easier to break the news to Judy ou

id Imperiousness f

from the lower hall, and s

e are ready for bed," wa

ing over the rail could just make

ing up?" she as

gone, Anne rose and began the lo