III.
The Procession of Goat, Dog, Cat, Bicycles,
Closets, Portraits, Ruth, and The
"Little Judge."
I THINK it would be real nice for us to take a little ride about the town, don't you?" Ruth was speaking to the Judge and his wife.
"Yes, I think I am rested enough to go a short way," was the lady's reply. "But what shall we do with the Judge and the baby?"
"Why, take them along with us!" Ruth was always ingenious, and she had plans for every occasion.
"I think we might take a ride in the closets."
"What!" exclaimed Mrs. "Judge."
"I am going to hitch up the closets and have a procession," exclaimed Ruth. "You leave it to me and it'll come out all right. I'll call the cat and the goat and 'Turk,' and tell them to get out the bicycles and fasten them to the closets, all in a row, and then they shall take us to ride." On any other occasion or under other circumstances this would have appeared a curious arrangement, but to-night it was quite in keeping with all that had happened.