things to-morrow.

It was Wednesday; and in the afternoon, Flossy Eastman came over with a
new game, and while the little girls, Flossy, Susy and Prudy were
playing it, and trying their best to keep Dotty Dimple's prying fingers
and long curls out of the way, in came Miss Annie Lovejoy.

This was a little neighbor, who, as the children sometimes privately
declared, was "always 'round." Mrs. Parlin had her own private doubts
about the advantages to be derived from her friendship, and had
sometimes gone so far as to send her home, when she seemed more than
usually in the way.

Annie's mother lived next door, but all Mrs. Parlin knew of her, was
what she could see and hear from her own windows; and that little was
not very agreeable. She saw that Mrs. Love joy dressed in gaudy colors,
and loaded herself with jewelry; and she could hear her scold her
servants and children with a loud, shrill voice.

The two ladies had never exchanged calls; but Annie, it seemed, had few
playmates, and she clung to Susy with such a show of affection, that Mrs.
Parlin could not forbid her visits, although she watched her closely;
anxious, as a careful mother should be, to make sure she was a proper
companion for her little daughter. So far she had never known her to say
or do anything morally wrong, though her manners were not exactly those
of a well-bred little girl.

This afternoon, when the new game was broken up by the entrance of
Annie, the children began the play of housekeeping, because Prudy could
join in it. Susy found she enjoyed any amusement much more when it