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  • peared on the scene, skipping about in the greatest

glee.

Something was about to happen, and I watched proceedings with breathless interest. Janie placed a small table under the trees, and arranged it very carefully for a tea-party.

The dolls were peeping through the vines on the porch of the doll-house, but apparently no joy was in store for them, as tears still sparkled on their cheeks.

When Janie had arranged all to her satisfaction, she vanished, and shortly the mystery was solved. It makes my heart ache to tell it, but soon she appeared carrying tenderly in her arms—what do you think? A Teddy Bear!

As she ran to greet her little friends, who now