Patty at Home

party would be stating it very mildly. It was o

ecreed that on that day none of the Elliotts sh

in the morning Patty and her father

ce's over to our house; but this time it's different. We're going to stay, to live, really to reside in our own home; and whenever we go to Aunt

at once. And I don't want you to wear yourself out trying to become such a personage. Indeed, I shall be

u to feel about it; and I think I can safely promise to make en

with amusement. And now, how about your pa

hat I have to do this morning, and a

It's the first time that I have carved at my own table for a great ma

s time they had reached the gate, and Patty was skipping along

to a casual observer, it looked as if there was

autiful new glass and china with most satisfactory effects. Pansy had watched the proceedings with intellige

ening we'll have supper, and you may set the table all by yoursel

o be done on Thursday morning, even though t

ooms; also, a few potted plants in full bloom had come for the conservatory, and these so deli

em grow by themselves for a while;

're daisies! Real white da

s to-morrow, and you'll have m

ed in the cook-books and in the household periodicals; especially did she incline toward marvellous de

to try the most complicated recipe of all, and,

ication, she rolled up her sleeves and tied on a white apron; and

labub-churn, and Mancy was requested to blanch some almonds

through what threatened to be somewhat troubled waters, yet she had the more

ngly fluid; the sugar refused to "spin a thread," and obstinately crystallised itself into a hard crust; the almonds persisted i

ough, though it was with some misgivings that she finally pour

the freezing process; but, as she was about to begin, sh

o go wrong about that dessert! Well, Pansy, you use what i

fice was closed for the day, and, hanging up the receiver with a

out my entertainment now, Puss; run away and get dressed, or yo

ate? And I have to ge

, then, and make all

ess of making all the haste she cou

ie; and, as it was the first time that she had made a toilette in her new home, it is

, for mercy's sake, come up and help me. I can't find my shoe-butt

, Patty completely attired, but very flushed and breathless from her rapid exertio

d demurely, and try

a white cashmere whirlwind had struck

rry smile with another. "I just dawd

d her father, and just

and! That's the first ring at our own doorbell, our own doorbell, you know;

o affected her young mistress, Pansy Potts, in neat

ations were drowned in the outburst of enthusiasm that accompanied the entrance of the Elliotts. The younger members of the

sitting down in the middle of the floor. "I will

d Patty. "She is fatter than ever; but,

large easy-chair, and announced that she must sit there for a few mo

ake cold, and so to-day it burst upon her in all its glory. By this time Frank and Marian were inves

claimed Patty; "or, as Pansy ca

clock dinner, yet when the clock hands pointed t

talked about that the ti

at Patty a li

and excusing herself, w

t's almost three o'clock.

n' your old nuts dat my work got put behind. Di

ck to the par

e to try it. I didn't realise it was so late, and I'm awfu

ve it soon," said Frank; "none of

ad been carefully planned; Mancy's cooking was beyond reproach, and Pans

they succeeded one another, Patty began to hope that h

tle hostess, and many a glance of happy understanding passed

own jolly, you having a hou

you awfully over home

s I took breakfast there this morning, you haven't

Uncle Charley, "and it is that

as she watched Pansy Potts, who was just entering the room

as the dessert was placed in front of her.

ice. "I understand; those spun-sugar t

certainly are, Aunt Alice; and I'll never attempt one

here's an attraction about that general conglomeration that appeals to me more strongly tha

, the dessert proved uneatable, and had to be repla