Nancy Brandon

om she knew nothing about, and now she was determined to leave him alone with Teddy. There must be something odd about him, to have drawn that

dress, with a great wide muslin apron, took an order for cake and cream and a glass of milk. Fortunately, N

emed to be having a great time over their stories, and Nancy righ

oing wrong, but the escape from fire, with the frying meat o

really couldn't have done more when Miss Townsend

s interest in the old fireplace. Of course, Miss Townsend would come again, and Tiny

with the bargain," Nancy speculated. "And now here's Mr. Baldy who wants to be

Teddy, as he waited for M

"I've got to stop some place, but I'll b

useless such a thing would be; so off he went with the man in the short

off herself, although getting through thick hedges and cl

ed. They were both talking and laughing as if the acquaint

not going to keep an old-fashioned country store. No hanging around my cracker barrels," she tol

to clear up the disordered kitchen. Not even the lost potatoes came in for mention as br

d, get th

bbed th

You empty those bas

he

he

an we b

r us," groaned Nancy. "Just

Ted. "Mother 'specially said n

t out of the way," and Nancy's excited broom made j

ght, if only Nancy would give him a chance. Just now he wa

remarked, "Mr. Sande

" asked Nan

nows an a

d Nancy, implying there-by that Mr. Sand

sked Ted i

xclaimed Nancy. "Can't you think

hus entirely lost, Ted just

ncy next. "I want to fix that all up so that

m goin' to have a corner for sport stuff, y

we'll have to see which corner we can spare

heaps of sport around here this summer. There's fine fellows over b

our friend Un

idn't say, but he went up the hi

would live in an old stone plac

n't you

ke

et was filled and he was gathering up the loose

im, but I do hope he won't come snoo

mid air. He swung it at an imaginary ball, the

up any fuss about Mr. Sanders. He always came ar

you think I am going to take all that with this store? Did we bu

interrupted, as the sto

o had glimpsed girls' skirts without. "I'm