140 THE: FLOWERS’ MESSAGE:

  

- Hoe and Gertie had
- helped Aunt Kate gather and
wm pack her weekly hamper

‘of sweet blossoms for the

hs ‘“S. flower mission. Aunt Kate

voor iar" sent it off in good time,

i the children sat in the shady

arbour, and wondered where their flowers

would go.

In town the heat was stifling han aielby:

“l-can't stand it, mate,’ said Will
Newstead. ‘“Blest if I don’t go round
to the ‘Blue Lion’ for a bit. “Tis enough
to drive a man silly.”

Mrs. Newstead’s heart sank. There
was a good deal. at the “Blue Lion,’
besides the heat, to drive a man silly,
she knew only too well.

But her timid remonstrances seemed
only to irritate her husband, and make
him more determined, 7

“Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! see what Pve
got from the cuss