let's go home. It must be dinner-time, and I'm nearly starved."

They opened the door and found the Dunn family apparently happy
and contented; and in no wise disturbed by the unusual occupation
of their visitors.

"Come in," cried Marjorie, "come in all of you, and see how nice
your room looks!"

"I can't come just now," said Elegant Ella, whose speech was
rather indistinct by reason of several pins held in her mouth.
"I'm trimming my hat, and if I leave it now I'll forget how I was
going to arrange the feather."

"I think I won't move just at present," said Mrs. Dunn. "The
gettin' out here hurt me more'n I thought it was goin' to, and now
I'm landed, I guess I'll set a spell. I'm ever so much obliged to
you fer all your kindness, and now you'd better run along home or
your grandma'll be worried. You're mighty good children, and I'm
glad to have that room swep' up; it must be a weight off en Ella's
mind."

It did not seem probable that Ella ever had a weight on her mind
in the way of housekeeping cares, but at the moment she was so
absorbed in her hat-trimming that she paid no attention to her
mother's remark.

It seemed hard that Molly and Midge had no one to appreciate the
results of their labors, but Hoopsy Topsy was washing the dishes
after the family meal, Plumpy was asleep on the floor, and Dibbs