VII.

HURRAH FOR THE HOLIDAYS !

Anp yet, however pleasant lessons
might be, there is no doubt that
holidays were pleasant things, too.
Saturday afternoons were always
welcome, and all the weeks through
we were planning what we would
do when they came. Of course
these plans were sometimes upset by
a rainy day; but, even then, what
with. battledore and_ shuttlecock,
painting and spinning tops, we