up there? I thought they were cleaning the dining-room."

"They're doing both. Katy said it was such a good chance, having Papa
away, that she would have both the carpets taken up at once. There isn't
going to be any dinner today, only just bread and butter, and milk, and
cold ham, up in Katy's room, because Debby is helping too, so as to get
through and save Papa all the fuss. And see," exhibiting her sewing,
"Katy's making a new cover for Papa's pincushion, and I'm hemming the
ruffle to go round it."

"How nicely you hem!" said Elsie. "I wish I had something for Papa's
room too. There's my washstand mats--but the one for the soap-dish isn't
finished. Do you suppose, if Katy would excuse me from the rest of my
practising, I could get it done? I've a great mind to go and ask her."

"There's her bell!" said Clover, as a little tinkle sounded up stairs;
"I'll ask her, if you like."

"No, let me go. I'll see what she wants." But Clover was already
half-way across the hall, and the two girls ran up side by side. There
was often a little strife between them as to which should answer Katy's
bell. Both liked to wait on her so much.

Katy came to meet them as they entered. Not on her feet: that, alas! was
still only a far-off possibility; but in a chair with large wheels, with
which she was rolling herself across the room. This chair was a great
comfort to her. Sitting in it, she could get to her closet and her
bureau-drawers, and help herself to what she wanted without troubling
anybody. It was only lately that she had been able to use it. Dr. Carr
considered her doing so as a hopeful sign, but he had never told Katy