Stretch It A Little

pnd hur brollier wcio on Uieir way u itio grocer's one wintry morning. Tho (rroimd was white witli froi-t, and the i„d was verf stv?p, They wera bóth poorly diossed, bttt Üiu hule gírl hnd a sort'of coat ovor her, vviuch fhe teeined Ui havu oatgroivn. As tli'y alked triskly tl.opgi "he (irew her ]ittl.-'ci)iiip;iiii(in closii up lo her, Baying, " Come under my coat Johny." " It n't Uiff enoüílí'for both," he replied. " 1 think I can stretch it n littlo," slie rnid ; nnd ihey wore sonn as cítiso together aad BB warm as two birds_ in the same nest. How mftny sVivering bodies, and lieavy heartp, and weeping eys, there ;;ra in tho world, just because people do not stratoh the:r comforts a littlü bevond themsejvss !