Will you ?" "Yes, Aunt Zoe, of course, if you want me," answered the boy promptly, stopping his saw and springing to his feet, for he was much gratified by the invitation.

"I'll get ready as fast as I can; 'twon't take over five minutes." "Thank you.

I'll wait for you in the parlor," said Zoe, "Lulu, would you like to go, too ?" "No, thank you, I had a ride this morning, and now I want to finish this." Max had left the room, and Zoe, drawing nearer to Lulu, exclaimed at the beauty of her work.
"Why, I never should have dreamed you could do it so well!" she said.

"I don't believe I could." Lulu's face flushed with pleasure, but she said modestly, "Perhaps you'd find, if you should try, that you could do it better; you do everything else better than I do." "Quite a mistake," returned Zoe, "though I ought to, as I'm so much older.
But there, I dare say Max is ready and waiting for me, so good-by." They met in the lower hall.

"All ready, Max ?" she asked.
"Yes--no; I must ask leave," and he ran into the parlor where the ladies of the family were sitting.
It was of Grandma Elsie he asked permission, and it was given at once.
"Thank you, ma'am," he said.