The Benefit Dance
to-night. Somehow, I never feel like good things b'long to me till I pass 'em on to somebody else."
This necessitated a supply of saucers and spoons, and friends were again called upon to provide as many as possible.
The Wiggses were quite busy until seven o'clock, when they stopped to make their toilets.
"Where's Europena?" asked Asia.
Nobody had seen her for some time. Search was made, and she was discovered standing on a chair in a corner of the parlor, calmly eating the cinnamon drops off the birthday cake. Fingers and mouth were crimson, and the first stroke of the "W" was missing. Billy was so indignant that he insisted on immediate punishment.
"No, I ain't a-goin' to whip her on my birthday, Billy. She's sorry; she
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