s. Manily, mother?" Dorothy asked Mrs. Minturn,

ce," replied the mother. "I intended to send the d

n a very few minutes, and within a half-hour from that time Nan was g

had none of these failings. She was tall and graceful, very pale, but nicely dressed, thanks to Mrs. Manily's attention after she reached the city on the mo

seat in the cart. "This is such a lovely place!" and she nodded toward th

e," and Nellie knew from the remark that Dorothy was a jolly girl, and would

rs. Manily was quite charmed with her quiet, reserved manner. The fact was that Nellie had met so many strangers in the bi

Freddie. It was a little milk wagon, with real cans, which

eadow Brook," said Nellie, when

and dump it on the fire like they do in Meadow Brook, too." Freddie always insiste

walk down to the beach. Nellie went along, of course, but when they got to the gre

tears, and the other girls were disappointed, for they had expected her to enjoy the ocean so much. As soon as they reached home Nellie went to her roo

tle stranger crying as

was the ocean. Father must be somewhere in that big

Minturn, with her arm around the chi

e, through her tears, "but sometimes we feel he

dear, or you will h

Nellie soon recove

ke lots of money in a short time. This man was a great friend of father and he said he needed someone he could trust on this voyage. First father s

and her dark eyes tried ha

at?" Mrs. Mi

d, "and he was only to be a

leave school, wasn't it?" Mrs

not mind going to work. I'm going back to the store again as soon as the doctor

about for months, and come in finally. I would not be discouraged-you cannot tell wh

ever homesick or blue. I don't believe in making people pity you all the time." And the brave little girl jumped up, dried

good time with the gir

ed fun more tha

elf again, and the three girls chatted merrily about

on the lawn, in which everybody, even Flossie and Freddie, had a hand, the children prepared to retire. There was to be a shell hunt very early

g Dorothy, as they went upstairs, and, of

as all quiet, when suddenly, the

ed Mrs. Minturn, com

nce was. "I found it under my pillow," she added innocently

was quiet again, when

Minturn. "I do believe Doroth

ht, as she searched about the room for the newest alarm. She had a good hun

othy expressed it. Even Nellie had stopped laughin

Susan's room, and at the sound of it

e shouted, while everybody else came out

rn, "I know you have done this.

nging furiously all the time. Nellie had her dressing

ts," she laughed.

called Bert,

bber heard such clockin' since we was in de country," and Susan, who had discovered t

re was a regularly cannonading, Bert said, for there was scarcely a moment's quiet

off so rapidly that Nellie knew they would go until

asked Dorothy, full of mischief

o-night." Then aside to Nan, Nellie whispered: "Wait, we'll get ev