Nancy Brandon

inking seriously she had to be acting. This brought her to the conclusion that she should hurry out to the porch and look after Miss

of her mouth, they blinked out through her eyes and were having lots

chuckled. "And dogs know. You can't fool them." She came back into th

er," Nancy further considered. "It might just as well be p

ange visit. The lady was unmistakably worried, and

cy pondered, "for mother hates that sort of thing and so do I-if they're the f

idden treasures surely, or she would say so and start in to d

as been going since the moving and it hasn't unpacked its strike carefully. But, just the

had been out "exploring" and had, he explained,

re goin' to let me in and I'm goin' to b

oned Nancy. "

n't for girls." This was said in a pay-you

f you like," she taunted, "but I've got a real one." The pot

, everything was on end, no dinner ready, nothing done, the place all boxes, just as

e home, Sis," he remarked ami

ho

ans food in the military, an

amp, share and share alike," Nancy reminded him, giving the simmerin

to be sure we ate our meals," contended Ted.

shoving everything from one end of the table with a sweep that rat

did was done with that degree of scorn absolutely fatal to the result. Perhaps

itchen," Nancy declared theatrically

d. "Here's the meat. Do get it going, Si

his afternoon. Do you think, for one

the unsuspecting boy. "But just today we

place! It seems to me things walk out of the boxes and heap the

o. But here's a good one. It

rfectly flat iron griddle. "I'll fix up the cakes

Sis, mother said we might eat in that sun porch.

d meat into four balls and was

id you do with

I didn't t

s-" She lighted the

melled the

smell them now," ordered Ted's siste

ost food. Meanwhile Nancy was standing at the stove, a magazine in one hand an

sizzling and its odor c

potatoes," he suggeste

d I peeled three! We

k and I'll st

rred." But Nancy stood ove

re you watch

burn, like

ed up." Ted didn't c

e silly. Whe

ch p

n! The potato p

potato pan, of course!

ered and spluttered merrily on the shallow griddle,) and she too was hungry. Ted might be satisfied to eat just

re bell, actually some one co

y. "What a nuisance! I s

" Ted was gett

iped her hands on the dish t

ed, as she went to o

a real novelty and Ted didn't want to miss the excitement. A plea

een rather-that is, I've missed the little place," explained the man. Ted could see that he was v

as conscious of the confusion in the store as wel

o go over everything. But you see, Mr. Townsend and I are great friends, and I know wh

nly not," a

it out last night," and he jumped behind th

hat famous height of hers. S

"It's a-fire! The kit

r the low counter and following his s

ontinued to yell.

pan. Let me go in there," and he brushed Nancy aside making his way into

ing grabbed the flaming pan with that same towel Nancy had tossed on the chair, he w

hing one hand with the othe

Nancy waited for him to supply th

Sam," he sai

echoe

that all right?"

h girls of Nancy's temperament, she was much distressed at the looks of th

ith Sam?" again aske

lied Ted. "Only it

w?" persisted the s

g one heel against the other to hide his emba

for the moment Nancy forgot th

one," remarked the stranger

oiding Ted's discouraged look. "That wa

mewhat my fault. Suppose we lock up and trot down to the corner for a dish of ice

Ted. A hungry boy is

ancy, "but I think I

ng. Let me see. If you call me

r Ted," replied Nancy. "But I'd like muc

ds. Now then, since you insist Sam won't do suppose we make it Sanders. Mr.

ly must attend to things here," insisted Nancy. "We are all so ups

ed. "I'll help you when we get

ont door was locked, and the two Brandons with the man who called himself Mr. Sanders,

sert, thought Nancy. But she was still convinced

remarked Ted, as he trotte

g at full arm's length, if you must pick it up. Of course, if you turned out the gas and

y had seen several times since she came to Long Leigh, were just leaving the place and she thought

! With

e sort of mistake in accepting