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A DAY OF PLAY 
answered Joseph, turning suddenly playful him- 
self. 
Just then Queenie Perth appeared. She had her 
butterfly net with her, and, darting across the tri- 
angle, chased a painted beauty in and out among 
the roses. Mr. Percy, Joseph and I were after 
her in a second ; for, if the butterfly had given her 
a chance, Queenie would have used her net, with- 
out thinking of the harm she might* do to the roses. 
Joseph was the one who caught her, and dragged 
her out of the rose fan. She was as hard to catch 
as a humming-bird. 
Queenie was annoyed at being captured herself 
before she had the butterfly. 
“I will break the roses while you are asleep,” she 
said to Joseph. 
He smiled wisely, knowing well that the ‘‘sand- 
man” calls for Queenie some time before he comes 
to the Six Spruces. 
Happily, she next saw twO' tiny red butterflies, 
specked with black, playing tag with each other 
over the open turf of the triangle. At once she 
began to chase them, Joseph with her, using his 
hat as a net. These tiny butterflies, however, are 
clever. They continued their game so high in the 
air that she could not reach them, and, when they 
did swoop downward, it seemed as If It were only 
to' tease her. Mr. Percy and I thought that both 
she and Joseph would make themselves dizzy twirl- 
