MISS JENNY'S FORLORN ADVENT 



The spool remained in the basket, but one 

 end of the thread was unwound and carried 

 to the general tangle. Such havoc could 

 not continue. In self-defence I went to 

 work to provide material, and from that 

 time on, narrow strips of muslin, bits of 

 straw and paper and other desirable articles 

 were always on hand for the indefatigable 

 little builder. Happily she did not resent 

 the occasional pulling down of her struc- 

 tures. Indeed she seemed rather pleased 

 than otherwise to have the opportunity of 

 laying a new foundation now and then. 

 Perhaps she always hoped that better re- 

 sults would follow a fresh start. 



It is strange that the idea of building 

 among the trees never occurred to her. 

 She had ample opportunity, for we spent 

 several hours of each pleasant summer day 

 out-of-doors. But her peculiar training 

 had no doubt given her all sorts of per- 

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