eleven, and it doesn't seem as if you'd been here more than five
minutes, Molly."

"I didn't think it was so late, either," and then the two girls
did full justice to the little luncheon, while the all-useful
Parcheesi board served as a table.

"Now," said Marjorie, when the last crumbs had disappeared, "let's
mix up the two games. The jackstraws will be people, and your
family can live in that corner of the Parcheesi board, and mine
will live in this. The other two corners will be strangers'
houses, and the red counters can live in one and the blue counters
in the other. This place in the middle will be a park, and these
dice can be deer in the park."

"Oh, what fun!" cried Molly, who was not as ingenious as Marjorie
at making up games, but who was appreciative enough to enter into
the spirit of it at once.

They became so absorbed in this new sort of play that again the
time flew and it was dinner-time before they knew it.

Grandma did not invite Molly to stay to dinner, for she thought
Marjorie ought to rest, but she asked the little neighbor to come
again the next morning and continue their game.

After dinner Grandma darkened the room and left Marjorie to rest
by herself, and the result of this was a long and refreshing nap.

When she awoke, Grandma appeared again with fresh water and