herself a very ill-used, instead of naughty, child. It was a burning
shame that she had been scolded and left behind for such a trifling
fault; but she would let "papa" and everybody else see that she didn't
care; she wouldn't ask one word about what kind of a time they had had
(she hoped it hadn't been so very nice); and she would show papa, too,
that she could do very well without caresses and endearments from him.

Glancing from the window, she saw him out on the bluff back of the
cottage; but though her toilet was now finished, she did not, as usual,
run out to put her hand in his, and with a glad good-morning hold up her
face for a kiss.

She went quietly to the dooryard looking upon the village street, and
peeped into the window of the room where Grace was dressing with a
little help from Agnes, their mamma's maid.

"Oh, Lu, good-morning," cried the little girl. "I was so sorry you
weren't with us yesterday at the 'squantum;' we had ever such a nice
time; only I missed you very much."

"Your sympathy was wasted, Grace," returned Lulu, with a grand air. "I
had a very pleasant time at home."

"Dar now, you's done finished, Miss Gracie," said Agnes, turning to
leave the room; then she laughed to herself as she went, "Miss Lu she
needn't think she don't 'ceive nobody wid dem grand airs ob hers; 'spect
we all knows she been glad nuff to go ef de cap'n didn't tole her she
got for to stay behin'."

Grace ran out and joined her sister at the door. "Oh, Lu, you would have