Tust like them! We did promise to@
lay in a fresh supply of sundries, as we
pass through the town to-night--if there 's@
still a store left open. And that reminds@
me, girlies, that it's getting late. We have@
no right to keep the birds out of bed any@
longer, demoralizing the feathered world."

But the Lightning had recovered its
morale, its memory, prompted by a Morse
code-card excitedly snatched from a green
breast pocket and explored by the light
of the dwindling torch.

"Invite---your--friends--to--our
-d-a-n-c-e," slowly spelled out Tomoke,
giving back diamond for diamond.

She was beginning upon the word " A-ll",
but the pine-knot winked itself out in a
dazzlement on " dance,"--in an effulgence
of sparks that fell like golden rain upon
the hearts of the visitors.

"Will it--will it be an outdoor affair
-a piazza dance?" gasped Una.

Oh-h! I do love.... Now! An-She
broke off suddenly at the
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