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Iscussion, Mrs. Catlin left with the parting injunction, "Call upon me
for anything--I will be on hand." Late in the afternoon Mr. Talmage
returned with his brother who was the editor of a prominent magazine in
New York. The Blue Birds had gone, and Ruth welcomed her uncle whose
visits were always a source of pleasure to Ned and herself. He sat down
on the steps beside her and listened to her story of the wonderful work
Ned's printing press had done that summer, and of the work required of
it for the coming summer. Uncle Ben smiled as he listened. "Ned will be
walking in my footsteps soon, won't he?" said Uncle Ben, as Ruth
concluded. Before Ruth could reply her mother came out to welcome the
visitor and tell him of Aunt Selina's presence. "Aunt Selina! You don't
say so! Why, I haven't seen her since my graduation from college,"
remarked Uncle Ben, in pleased surprise. "She is in her room dressing
for dinner," said Mrs. Talmage. "You will find a great change working in
her. Why, just think of her offer of Happy Hills for the poor children
next summer." And she proceeded to tell the story of Aunt Selina's
desire to help the Blue Bird work. "Now that Uncle Ben is here, maybe he
can help us plan some way to earn the money for next summer," suggested
Ruth. "I believe you can! What we need is to find some way of reaching
the right children, and then to start some work that will bring us in a
regular income during the winter, for it will take a heap of money to
run a large place like Happy Hills with several hundred starved little
children living there," admitted Mrs. Talmage. "As a man who is so mixed
up in publishing, you would naturally