A VISIT FROM AUNT LETTIE


One day it was so very pleasant out of doors that Lulu and Alice and
Jimmie Wibblewobble didn't want to go to school. The sun was sparkling on
the water in the duck pond, and Alice said, as she felt the wind blowing
on her feathers:

"Oh, I just wish I could go see the fairy prince again!"

"Pooh! I don't," spoke Jimmie. "But I wish we could stay home from school.
Bully, the frog, and I were going to get up a baseball nine. Let's go ask
papa if we can stay home."

"Can't I play on your ball team?" asked Lulu, who could throw a stone
almost as well as a boy.

"No," said Jimmie. "Girls never play on ball teams."

"Couldn't I even umpire?" went on his sister.

"No, Uncle Wiggily Longears is going to do that," replied Jimmie. "Billie
and Johnnie Bushytail and Sammie Littletail are going to play on the team.
But let's go ask papa if we can stay home. It's too nice to go to
school."

So they went and asked Mr. Wibblewobble, who had remained at home from
work that day, because, you see, he happened to swallow a shoe button by
mistake for a grain of corn, and he had indigestion something awful; yes,