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Anne rose betireeted the fresh day, when the banners of the sunrise were shaken triumphantly across the pearly skies Green Gables lay in a pool of sunshine, flecked with the dancing shadows of poplar andBeyond the land was Mr Harrison's wheatfield, a great, windrippled expanse of pale gold The world was so beautiful that Anne spent ten blissfulthe loveliness in

After breakfast Marillabeen long proood boy and don't bother Anne," she straitly charged hi you a striped candy cane from town"

For alas, Marilla had stooped to the evil habit of bribing people to be good!

"I won't be bad on purpose, but s'posen I'm bad zacksidentally?" Davy wanted to know

"You'll have to guard against accidents," adet a nice roast and some steak If he doesn't you'll have to kill a fowl for dinner to any dinner for just Davy and myself today," she said "That cold ham bone will do for noon lunch and I'll have soht"

"I'," announced Davy "He asked uess he'll ask me to dinner too Mr

Harrison is an awful kind man He's a real sociable row up I mean BEHAVE like hiuess there's no danger, for Mrs Lynde says I'm a very handsome child Do you s'pose it'll last, Anne? I want to know?"

"I daresay it will," said Anne gravely "You ARE a handsome boy, Davy,"Marilla looked volumes of disapproval"but you entlemanly as you look to be"

"And you told Minnie May Barry the other day, when you found her crying 'cause soly, that if she was nice and kind and loving people wouldn't mind her looks," said Davy discontentedly "Seeood in this world for some reason or 'nother You just HAVE to behave"

"Don't you want to be good?" asked Marilla, who had learned a great deal but had not yet learned the futility of asking such questions

"Yes, I want to be good but not TOO good," said Davy cautiously "You don't have to be very good to be a Sunday School superintendent Mr