them.

"If you'll go over to grandmother's and get the papers I'll buy you a
two-pound box of the best chocolates-- honest, I will. And you can get
the papers as well as I can. Grandmother expects one of the family
over after them to-day, and she has them all ready.

"You can go just as well as I can-- better, in fact, and dad won't
care as long as he gets the papers. You're to take them to his office.
Will you do it for me, Sis? Come on, now, be a sport, and say yes."

"But it's so hot, and Betty, Amy, and Mollie are here with me. I don't
want to go all the way over to grandmother's after some tiresome old
papers. Besides, it was your errand, anyhow."

"I know it, Sis, but I don't want to miss that game. It's going to be
a dandy! Come on, go for me, that's a good fellow. I'll make it three
pounds."

"No, I'm not going. Besides, it looks like a thunder storm."

"Say, Sis, will you go if I let you ride Prince?"

"Your new horse?" asked Grace, eagerly.

"Yes, you may ride Prince," came over the wire. Will was a good
horseman, but for some time had to be content with rather an ordinary
steed. Lately he had prevailed on his father to get him a new one, and
Prince, a pure white animal, of great beauty, had been secured. It was
gentle, but spirited, and had great speed. Grace rode well, but her