CHAP. Il.—THE BIRTH-DAY.

MYEEXT morning, at six o'clock, Katie was

UN: awake, and, jumping out of bed, ran to
the window to see what sort of a day it was.
As she pulled aside the curtain she saw the sun
shining across the lawn, and the sky was blue,
and the birds were singing sweetly. Then she
ran to the door of Harry’s room and tapped
gently, and called to him, “ Harry, Harry, make
haste and get up; it’s such a lovely day, and I
want to go and gather some flowers to take with
us to-day to the farm.”