what are left of them-over on the mantel. No

artistic confusion. Betty herself took a hard, uncompromising sort of chair, of teakwood, wonderfully carved by some dead a

r," begged Grace, who sat opposite her friend

quietness, long enough to listen to me," s

ortable couch. Mollie, with a mind to color effect, had seated herself in a big chair that had a flame-colored velvet back, against which her blue-black hair showed

Betty. "Oh, I know you will just love it at Ocea

ed Grace, putting out the tip of her red tongue, to

" said Betty, h

mer plans, I will take just a moment to tell my new readers something about

set forth. They felt that they were spending too much time indoors, and they decided to live more in the glorious open. They

Nelson and Amy Stonington-Blackford, or nee Blackford, if you dislike the

ere was a mystery in her past, and it was solved when, in addition to unraveling the mystery

d to live with the Stoningtons, and more than half the time her c

e she was unable to solve the mystery about her identity, when that problem had been cleared up

he only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nelson, the former a rich carpet manufacturer.

ith her father and mother, the other member of the family being her brother Will, a hasty, impulsive lad, whose character had, more than once, gotten him into trouble, to the no smal

ry you could guess by her name and by her appearance and manner. Mollie was a bit French herself. There were two other children, the funny little tw

chums, who were known

series, they were next heard of at Rainbow Lake, where, in Betty

Mollie became possessed of a motor car, and took her chums on a tour which en

hen came a contrast when it was learned that Mr. Stonington had purchased an orange grove in Flori

amid the palms. Sufficient to say that they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. They had ret

once again, and were ready for something new, whi

has been wanting a permanent place there for some time. Papa has been looking about, and he heard of Edgemere, a beautiful

n to Ocean View, and back, this sam

take us long to decide about the cottage. Mamma and I leased it, with the privilege of buying in the fall, if we like

at the prospect?" aske

, which was only a few minutes ago, I started looking for you. As I came up from the station

store," spoke Mollie. "She will actually turn into

mocked the

on Betty, "and you know the rest; or, rathe

hat's that?

onfection, even if Grace

but as all she had in her hand was a chocolate, and as she never would have d

t dying to have you see it. I brought back some picture postcards of the place. Ocean View is the dearest

suddenly inte

"As if that awful racket

lson home the heavy tramp of several

ls here?" so

her! I suppose I have to go

ed Betty. "It sounds

brother, besides Allen Washburn, Roy Anderson and-oh, there's that joh

so on and so on," murmured Betty. "I'll ask them in," and she we