"Catch _me_!" cried Leslie, at the same time dodging him, and he grasped
empty air.
"And _me_!" cried Lena, just behind him, springing past him as he
turned.
Sprite made no sound as she tried to pass him, but was just a bit too
slow, and he caught her.
"Ah, I know who I've found!" he cried, "because no other little girl
but Sprite has such long, silken braids."
He lifted the handkerchief, and laughed to see her blushing cheeks.
It was now Sprite's turn. Slowly she advanced, her pretty hands
outstretched, and oddly enough she at once caught Lena Lindsey. Her
little face was puzzled, and earnest, as she felt of the hair, the
cap, and the gown. Then, in an instant, she passed her slender fingers
over the chin.
She laughed merrily.
"It's Lena!" she cried gaily, "for it is Lena who has a deep dimple
in her chin!"
Each took his turn at being blindfolded, and then "Post office" was
announced.
Polly received a great batch of letters, and it was Rob, of course,
who "_mailed_" them. Polly sent five "letters" to Rose, Rose had ten
for Uncle John, Uncle John had two for Aunt Judith, who protested
that she was "not a child.
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