Hippy kint'om!'' sho murmured
"you begun it Hit, a.i' now y.m've
made him look t r be a-BUi.din' out,
an' I wai keepin' watch arj, vit 1
didn't Bee you when you did h t! '
He returned round to laugh at
her, but when he mw that her fare
was not only surprised but f righteu
ed, he did not lwigh. 'I'll paint
auotmr and paint it slower," he
said, and then perhaps you'jl sef,"
and, stooping, he picked up the gay
est of her dolls. It was dressed in
dark-red cak leaves slashed with
sumac, and its head was a hickory
nut on which she hid traced features
with the faint red juice of a berry.
"I'll try to keep a peart?r watch,"
she said, gravely, as th man touch
ed the oak-leaf dres3 upon tlv3 can
vas, in Bp'ttt of his promise he was
temped to work so fi-st that for
t a 1 II
Bt'conu lime ens woum mis "seeinir
mm uo if," but be was afraid that
she would run awai and bo he bcrra
eiplaining to her how the form b?
gan to stand out when he put in the
shadows, bhe partly understoot
him, and when he finished the do
and began painting a background o
rough bro.vn bark and shadow be
hind it, shescarelv drew her breath
"Oh, I see you! I seed you this
lime:" she cried at the end; "aa I be
reve 1 could do hit too."
44 1)i you .know what I want to do
next? he asked, without looking Up.
Li 1 . " ..
