"The King is not pretty, but I suppose that won't hinder him from
being good, and nurse is always saying, 'Pretty is that pretty
does, Miss Gladys.' I think she thinks that the two hardly ever go
together. The dear Queen is pretty, however, and so young-looking
and sweet that even nurse has to give in about her.

"I will tell you all about it when we come home, but it tires me
now even to think about it. One morning I begged to go back to the
hotel and rest, and nurse was so disappointed that I told her she
could go out and I would stay alone. I dug around in my trunk and
got rather homesick, looking at the things I had at home. I found
some jacks but no ball, so I thought I would go down to a near-by
shop, and buy one. I slipped down and out, before I had time to
think about mother making me promise not to go anywhere alone. I
turned a corner or two, but didn't find the right kind of a shop.
It was cloudy, and sort of foggy, and crowds and crowds of people
were pushing along. I knew all at once that I was lost, and I began
to feel a lump in my throat, bigger than any ball you ever saw, and
just then I saw a tall man coming towards me. I saw only his legs,
but they looked so Americanish that I rushed up, and said, 'Please
take me to the L---- Hotel,' He stopped at once and said, 'Well, I
certainly will; I am going there myself.' He was a minister from
New York. He laughed when I told him about the jacks, and then he
talked to me in such a nice way about going out alone, that it made
a great impression on me. I found mother and nurse in such a state
when I got back. I was kissed and then put to bed to eat my supper,
but the minister came to call in the evening, and when I had
promised never to do such a thing again, they let me get up. He was
so nice, and brought me a ball. I play jacks every day now, and