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Show 2$0 ~epe nt• a net Glib 'Rose anb Stiller faint glimmer of amusement in her sad eyes. "Juliet made suits out of potato sacksvery plain suits-and we put 'em on to repent in." "We went and stood in the ashes," put in Juliet, "while they were so hot that they hurt our feet, and Ramie raised his right hand and said 1 1 repent' and then I did the same." "And after the ashes got cold, we sat down in 'em and rubbed 'em into the sackcloth and our hair and all over our faces and hands." "All the time saying' I repent! l repent!'" continued Juliet, soberly. "And then we went into mourning," concluded Romeo. Madame'~ heart throbbed with tender pity for the stncken twms, but she wisely said nothing. "Can you think of anything more we could do, or any more sacrifices we could make? " inquired Juliet, ready to atone in full measure. "Indeed I can't," Madame replied, truthfully. "I think you've done everything that could be expected of you." "We wrote to the Colonel," said Romeo "but he hasn't got it yet. We saw it on th~ library table. We want to pay all the bills." "And give Allison as much money as we spent on the automobile and for the suits and J)enance everything, and pay for fixing up his car," interrupted Juliet. "We want to do everything," Romeo said, with marked emphasis. "Everything," echoed Juliet. "That's very nice of you," answered Madame, kindly, "and we all appreciate it." The stem young faces of the twins relaxed ever so little. It was a great relief to discover that they were not objects of scorn and loathing, for they had brooded over the accident until they had become morbid. "Did you say that you had been living upon mush and milk ever since? " asked Madame. "Ever since," they answered, together. "I 'm sure that's long enough," she said. "I wouldn't do it any longer. Won't you stay to dinner with us?" With one accord the twins rose, impelled by a single impulse toward departure. "We couldn't," said Romeo. "We mustn't," explained Juliet. Then, with belated courtesy, she added: "Thank you, just the same." They made their adieux awkwardly and went home, greatly eased in mind. As they trudged along the dusty road, they occasionally sighed in relief, but said little until they reached their ancestral abode, dogless now save for the pups gambolling about the door- 2$1 JSa:Ktlin """' |