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scarcely wait for the morning to come, and sure enough, with it came the invitations. Such odd ones, each shaped like a balloon!
When Janie opened hers, out popped a strip of paper, on which were these words:
ADMIT ONE TO THE BALLOON PARTY,
ON THE MORNING OF THE 4TH, ON
GREEN HILL.
"Why, that's to-day!" cried Janie, and she ran
to meet the girls now seen hastening up the
street.
"Isn't it a queer party?" said one.
"I never heard of such a thing, did you?"
"No," replied another, "but the Doll Lady seems to know lots of new things. I'm glad she
