Little Folks Astray

" They say she isn't as handsome as Aunt Louise, but I know better; you needn't tell me! Her eyes have got the real good twinkle, and that's enough said." Horace was like most boys; he mistook loveliness for beauty. Mrs. Allen's smallfigure, gentle gray eyes, and fair curia made her seem almost insignificant beside the opleudid Louise; but Horace knew better; you needn't tell him! " Horace," said Aunt Madge, " your Uncle Augustus is gone, and that is one reason, you know, why I begged for company during the holidays. You will be the only gentleman in the house, and we ladies herewith put ourselves under your protection. Will you accept the charge ? " " He needn't perfect ME," spoke up Miss Dimple, from the depths of an easy-chair; "I can pertect myself." " Don't mind going to the Museum alone, I suppose, and crossing ferries, and riding in the Park, and being out after dark?" " No; I'm not afraid of things," replied the strong-minded young lady; " ask Pru- dy if I am. And my father lets me goin the horse-cars all over Portland. That's since I travelled out west." Here the bell sounded, and the only gentleman of the house gave his arm to Mrs. Allen, to lead her out to what he supposed was supper, though he soon found it went by the name of dinner. Neither he nor his young cousins were accustomed to seeing so much silver and so many servants; but they tried to appear as unconcerned as if it were an every-day affair. Dotty afterwards said to Prud...