Part 38 (2/2)

A Spring-time Duet

BY

MARY LESLIE

_1st Maiden._ ”Oh, Spring is here, the golden sun Has routed Winter's gloom!”

_2nd Maiden._ ”Good gracious! Jane has not _begun_ To scrub the dining-room!”

_1st Maiden._ ”And now the first sweet buds appear, Symbolic of new hope.”

_2nd Maiden._ ”I didn't say 'carbolic,' dear, I want the _yellow_ soap.”

_1st Maiden._ ”Like nectar is the morning dew, Its purity divine Refreshes all the earth anew.”

_2nd Maiden._ ”Ah! here's the turpentine.”

_1st Maiden._ ”And crystal webs s.h.i.+ne bright, as though Spun on some fairy loom.”

_2nd Maiden._ ”A spider's web? I didn't know; I'll run and fetch the broom!”

_1st Maiden._ ”Blooms Nature scatters, fresh and free, From out her treasure-house.”

_2nd Maiden._ ”I'll dust this cupboard thoroughly.”

_Both together._ ”Oh, horrors! There's a _mouse_!”

[Sidenote: A Canadian boy and girl together were at one moment as happy as youth and health could make them, and at the next in imminent danger of their lives.]

Out of Deadly Peril

BY

K. BALFOUR MURPHY

What on earth had happened to Gladys Merritt?

In the course of a few short weeks the girl was transformed from the merriest, most light-hearted creature into one often thoughtful, silent, and serious. The question then was, Why had she suddenly changed completely? Many guessed, but only two knew the real reason.

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