Dan came off best--as usual. (FELICITY LAUGHS
SARCASTICALLY.)
Mr. Newton Craig of Markdale returned home recently after a
somewhat prolonged visit in foreign parts. We are glad to welcome
Mr. Craig back to our midst.
Billy Robinson was hurt last week. A cow kicked him. I suppose
it is wicked of us to feel glad but we all do feel glad because of
the way he cheated us with the magic seed last summer.
On April 1st Uncle Roger sent Mr. Peter Craig to the manse to
borrow the biography of Adam's grandfather. Mr. Marwood told
Peter he didn't think Adam had any grandfather and advised him to
go home and look at the almanac. (PETER, SOURLY: "Your Uncle
Roger thought he was pretty smart." FELICITY, SEVERELY: "Uncle
Roger IS smart. It was so easy to fool you.")
A pair of blue birds have built a nest in a hole in the sides of
the well, just under the ferns. We can see the eggs when we look
down. They are so cunning.
Felix sat down on a tack one day in May. Felix thinks house-
cleaning is great foolishness.
ADS.
LOST--STOLEN--OR STRAYED--A HEART. Finder will be rewarded by
returning same to Cyrus E. Brisk, Desk 7, Carlisle School.
LOST OR STOLEN. A piece of brown hair about three inches long and
one inch thick. Finder will kindly return to Miss Cecily King,
Desk 15, Carlisle School.
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