"I's ben countin' it up ag'in," said Aunt Phillis, "an' foun' out where I made a mis-figger, de fust time, and tallied wrong altogedder. 'Cordin' to de c'rect calkilation, yo' buff-day was one day las' month. WALK arter dat water!"


[WAIT]


BY DORA READ GOODALE.


When the icy snow is deep,

Covering the frozen land,

Do the little flowerets peep

To be crushed by Winter's hand?