from the living room, the bedroom. Back of the little room was a
small porch and detached from the house, but connected by a covered
walk, was the kitchen. The dining-room was a foot below the two front
rooms, the kitchen joining it by the covered passage way. They could
never explain why the dining-room was so arranged, but concluded that
the owner had added it on at a later time. It was cosy and
comfortable and became attractive under the deft fingers of Renestine.
The little covered porch in front of the house was screened by running
vines from the gaze of the street.

"Now for my book shelf!" exclaimed Jaffray, after he had smoked
his afternoon pipe. "You must help me arrange them, Renestine. No
real home without books, little girl."

Josiah brought in the large drygoods box, which he opened, and
together Jaffray and Renestine took out the books, dusted them and
placed them on the shelves built in one side of the wall. Among them
were Byron,



Moore, Pope, History of the United States, Josephus, Irving's Life of
Washington. It was late when the last one had been put away, and they
were glad enough to rest in their rockers on the porch in the gloaming.


CHAPTER IV

THE day was hot and sultry. The chinaberry trees gave out their sweet
flower fragrance, almost too sweet to breathe freely in, while their