36 TROTTY’'S WEDDING TOUR.

CHAPTER VI.

LILUS BRIGHT IDEA.

one of them.

In the first place, Trotty printed a story-book. In the next
place, Somebody wrote it.

We all know that Somebody had written a good many
stories in which Trotty was somehow concerned, or inter-
ested, but none of us know much more than that, except-
ing Lill and Trotty and myself, as I have said somewhere
before, and neither Lill nor Trotty nor I ever break a secret.

“ Just the thing!” said Lill. “I will get all Somebody’s
stories, and we ll make a story-book. Ill show you, Trotty,
and we'll all help. Well go up garret where we can ink
round. Let’s let Nita and Nate in too, as compositors. Some
of ’em are written, and some of ’em are printed already.
I’ll go down town this minute, and get some paper and
things. Why, it would keep you busy a year!”

Trotty had some grave doubts about being kept busy at
anything a year, but generously suppressed them, and thought-
fully told Lill to be as quick as she could, and he’d have the
binding gold and red.

Lill was very quick, and they began that very afternoon.

ae things can never be wholly explained, and this is