oe,  Come down oe!

    Laura could not keep  still. Uncle George looked at her and laughed.

    t tle dance cciful, too; a dark blue calico umn-colored leaves scattered over it. he wooden spoon was in her hand.

    quot;I cant leave t; she said.

    But Pa began to play quot;traveler,quot; and everybody began to clap in time to to teps by tily as any of t drohe music of Pas fiddle.

    Suddenly Uncle George did a pigeon ossed o somebody. S ed. Grandma was jigging.

    Laura clapped ime to t s  as ts.

    Everybody ed. Uncle George kept on) jiggling and Grandma kept on facing oo. t stop. Uncle George began to breat off winkled.

    quot;You cant beat ; somebody sed.

    Uncle George jigged faster.  as heir

    easing George. George did not care, but  o laugh. he was jigging.

    Pas blue eyes crings. Laura jumped up and down and squealed and clapped her hands.

    Grandma kept on jigging.  on jigging, but s did not t first. Grandmas  on clickety-clacking gaily.

    A drop of s dripped off Georges forehead and shone on his cheek.

    All at once ;Im beat!quot; opped jigging.

    Everybody made a terrific noise, sing and yelling and stamping, -c a little minute more, topped. S like Pas woo, and wiping his forehead on his sleeve.

    Suddenly Grandma stopped laugurned and ran as fast as so tcopped playing. All talking at once and all teasing George, but everybody ill for or a minute, w.

    to tche big room, and said:

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