XXVIII 



VVxOM IMOLinOWN TO EATVILLE 



^'OliE the next Saturday the 

 measles had grown tired of visit- 

 ing the children down in East 

 \'illage and came up to the farm, 

 without the least scrap of an 

 ^ invitation ; they spread tlieir 

 rough, red blankets over Nat's 

 11^^^^ ^^y;^ and Dodo's faces, necks, arms, and 



P^,^^-*===--2^gs>^ ^Ijg^^^^ evidently making preparations 

 for camping there some time. So instead of going 

 to school the children were put to bed, each in a cot 

 with the back to the light, and a screen to keep off 

 draughts, in the south room, where there was a fine 

 blazing log lire. 



''I suppose we must sta}^ in here for two weeks," 

 said Dodo to Nat, while they were waiting for their 

 mother to bring their breakfast. '^ Uncle Roy says if 

 you are not polite to the measles when they come to 

 see y(m, and don't stay in the house to entertain them 

 and keep them warm and comfortable, they will creep 

 in through your skin and give you a cough or put their 

 fingers in your eyes and make them ache." 



" It's nice to have special buttered toast and mother 

 all to ourselves," said Nat, "but I'll miss Rap and the 

 camp awfully." 



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