and saw to it that she was well provided herself. 

 "She never waits for Opportunity's bald spot, now does she?" said Uncle Neil, admiringly, as the busy, fussy lady made a leap and caught a grain of corn, in mid-air, while another hen was watching for it to fall upon the ground. 

 "What's Opportunity's bald spot?" enquired Christina.  "How dare you have some information you haven't given me?" 

 "Don't you know the old story about Opportunity and his bald spot?" enquired Uncle Neil delighted. 

 And then he told the ancient tale of Opportunity and his lock of hair that hung in front, and Christina listened with more than her usual absorption. She was making her second discovery. 

 "There!" she exclaimed, with an energy that sent the hens scurrying away, alarmed, from her feet.  "That's just what's the matter with me. I am always letting Mr. Opportunity walk past and then when I try to grab him I catch hold of his bald spot and he slips away." 

 "Well, well," said Uncle Neil, "I don't think he's walked past you very often. You're but nineteen to-day." 

 "I'm sure that's bad enough. That's nearly twenty, and then you're out of your teens. When I was eleven I made a solemn vow that I'd get a good education and go away off somewhere and attend college and be a lady. And here I am at nineteen, still feeding the pigs and milking the cows. I guess I haven't any of the Lindsay luck." 

 "The Lindsay luck was always spelled with a p in front, my lass, and a capital P at that. You can have all of that ye want." 

 They went back up the blossoming orchard path, stopping at the pump, which was mid-way to the house, to take up a pail of water. They left it at the back door under the vines, and Uncle Neil went round to the garden at the other side of the old rambling house, to help his sister with her onions. Christina ran round to the side door where Grandpa was sitting in the sun on the old sloping porch. The old man saw her coming and drew back behind the vines. As she shot round the corner of the house he poked out his head suddenly with a loud and alarming "Boo!" 

 Christina jumped back with a scream that set the old man laughing heartily and kept him chuckling for an hour afterwards. Every morning of her life Grandpa played this little trick upon her from some corner, and Christina 

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