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RS. CANN was dyeing carpet-rags, out in the shed-kitchen; and Cheery and The Chum were looking on, fascinated by the beautiful shades of red, blue and yellow which came out of those wonderful dye-pots. At last she had finished, and all of the rags were hung in brilliant festoons along the clothes line. Then she began to clear up. "I mixed too much of the color this time," she said, as she lifted a pail of red liquid, and bent to pour it into a pail of blue, so as to carry the whole to the drain at once.

"Oh, wait a minute!" cried Cheery, eagerly. "Please, mayn't we have what is left? Aunt Beth gave me some silk pieces this morning, and I'd just love to dye them."