106 THE COUSINS.

«Well, let us give one,” replied her cousin.

Lucy laughed snecringly as she replied, ‘‘ Who
shall we ask to it ?””

“Why, Uncle and Aunt Lovett, and Mr. and
Mrs. Nye, and Clara. You know we could get
Mrs. Nye to send some chairs here for the grown
people.”

“And what should we have for tea?” asked
Lucy still laughingly.

“We could have raspberries and currants; and
I dare say, Farmer Nye would give us some of the
nice cherries Aunt Lovett likes so much, and
Mrs. Nye would give us some milk and some
biscuits—”

‘‘ And plates, and cups and saucers, and spoons,
and send them there for us, and all that trouble
for mamma and papa, and Clara Nye that we see
every day. No, Cousin Mary, if you choose to
do it you may; but that was not the kind of
party I meant.”

“And what kind of party did you mean, then,
Cousin Lucy ?”’

“ ‘Why, I meant to have lamps hung among the
branches of the walnut tree as they do in the