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Ruth's Pretended Friends CHAPTER I Ruth Hope thought she had many friends. Her father was a rich merchant. She had all the toys she wanted. Her father let her have three dollars a week to spend for pleasure. She was very pretty and kind to everyone. She lived on a street where many other girls her age and older lived. She treated them very nice but they were jealous of her. They pretended to be her friends but they weren't. One morning when she was playing with them she gave them candy and other good things to eat. Her mother called her .a in minute to change her dress. While she was gone one of the girls called Ellen said, "When Ruth comes back let's run and hide from her." So they all agreed, Helen, Mary, Ruby, Pauline, Lucy and Eleanor. Pretty soon, Ruth came running out of the house, and the other girls ran and htd, all except Mary who stayed to tell Ruth Something. When Ruth came Mary said, "Ruth, we are not allowed to play with you. Our mothers don't liki you so fro on home."

Ruth went home and told her mother what they had said, and her mother said she might go over to her friend Hazel's house who lived two squares from their house. So j Ruth went. ' - - j When she arrived Hazel's mother I had just bought a cake and she sent j Hazel after a quart of ice-cream. Then Hazel and Ruth sat down and ate it. When Ruth was ready to go j home, Hazel said," Ruth-, come upj in the garret with me, I have some-1

thing up there for you." Hazel's father was a rich merchant also and a very cood friend

of Ruth's father. So were their j mothers. Hazel and Ruth reached the gar- J ret by this time. Hazel takes from) a long box, a wishing stone. "My; mother's mother had this stone j when she was a little girl. It is s j fairywishing stone. She found it. j

One of the fairies lost it over a million years ago. But my grandmo

ther found it in a woods where most everyone was afraid to go tor fear of bears being there. Now I.j am going to give to you. You can

wish for anything you want." "But Hazel." said Ruth, "You won't have any." I "Before I give you this, I am go-; lng to wish for another." j So saying, she turned the stone, and said, "Oh stone, I wish for an-1 other stone." Instantly another stone lay on the floor in a box.' Ruth thanked Hazel for her gift;

and went home. " . i j On the way home she turned the j I

an orange." Instantly it obeyed. When she reached home, she told j her mother about it. Then she put ! it away. CHAPTER II ; -None of Ruth's friends knew of! her wishing stone. They still didj mean tricks. Ruth's birthday camn ! October first and Ruth was going! to have a party. She even invited! those who had played mean tricks j on her. She didn't forget to invite ! Hazel. She had invited forty-one! children. They ate candy, played i games and had ice cream and cake! and punch. They played more! games. ' j Now it was time for their supper.

They all sat down to the table and began to oat. They had stewed chicken, fried chicken, bananas, . oranfres. mah?d potatoes, gravey, sweet pclafoes. two different kinds of salad, two kinds of dressing, milk, purch rnd ire cream and

brro diffTtrt kinds of rake. j They wore sur.i)csd to bring bas- j kfts with wlu'ii they came, I'Tfich one l.ivujiht mo. When thev ; were rca"v t- go home each basket was fined i " Hie top with goo.lj thi-jts i-' t f'tr they had left, i Tuth f"! 1 i:- u: the Sappiest day i I have lid. rujt'iT." , -- -""v t-,-'V. t ftrwn to play I t. .--..tr.i iii.nds. Sh ! ' - - r j-i not like hei.J 1 !.; . m to. -While fj,r ...-. them she; f.M ' -, i will treat me i

( , , , j wjQ gve y0 a cit't 7"- -f- : I ffive you the gift.

iT vr :- to trat me the sramej vr.y. i' ' ill i takeu from you " j

ro noy i.earu ner iirc lor n'-ih nn-1 she gave them each a wishing stone ar.d they treated her r!c evor after that. They said th y Mfre sorry they had been se mean refcre, and they gave a Ids party in her honor. Julia Burr. Starr School. THE END

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