th curiosity.

"I am going down to see what it is all about," she said to Minnie.

"Don't go too close, dearie; you might catch something," said Minnie,
intent on her cross-stitching and not caring much what the matter was.

Rosanna slipped shyly down the bank and stood beside Helen.

"She is telling me about it," said Helen, turning to Rosanna. "She
earned the carfare to bring them out here for the afternoon by digging
weeds on lawns. Go on!"

"Well," said the strange girl, "we took the car, and got out here, and I
had to carry the baby and help Luella there, so I couldn't carry
anything else. And Tommy wanted to carry the supper because he said he
was the biggest, and he wouldn't let Myron even take hold of the basket.
And when we got off the car Luella fell down and bumped herself, and the
car went off, and then I asked Tommy where was the lunch, and he had
left it on the car! He always forgets everything. I oughtn't to have let
him have it, but, you see, I had the baby and had to help Luella. Tommy
wanted to run after the car, but it was 'most out of sight. He couldn't
ever catch it."

"So that's all the trouble. They want their supper, and there isn't any.
I have a bottle of milk in my bag for the baby, but that is all there is
except carfare home, and I'm sorry but p'raps next time Tommy will think
how he leaves good suppers on street cars. We were going to have bread
and butter and doughnuts and three plums apiece."

At the mention of the lost feast, Tommy burst out with even greater
noise. Luella's eyes closed and her sniffles changed to a low howl.

"I'm hungry!" roared Tommy. "I didn't go to lose the supper. I gotta
have sumpin' to eat!"

"No, you haven't either," said the girl. "You haven't got to have
anything to eat any more than Myron has. Why don't you act like Myron?
I'd be ashamed of myself, and you a whole year older!"

"That's just it!" said Tommy, stopping long enough to talk. "Myron's
littler and thinner, and he don't need it so much."

"Well, I bet he does!" said his sister. "Now you come along down to the
playgrounds, and you can each have a good big drink of water and then
you won't mind missing your supper."

She stood up wearily and shouldered the baby. She was a sweet looking
little girl, but careworn as though she had carried the baby most of his
life. And so she had. The other children started down the road, Tommy
and Luella silent for the time. It had been a comfort to tell the