"When you look like you do now you are real
pretty," said Lily, not knowing or even suspecting
the truth, that she was regarding in the face of this
little ardent soul her own, as in a mirror.

However, it was after that episode that Amelia
Wheeler was called "Copy-Cat." The two little
girls entered Madame's select school arm in arm,
when the musical gong sounded, and behind them
came Lee Westminster and Johnny Trumbull, sur-
reptitiously dusting their garments, and ever after
the fact of Amelia's adoration and imitation of Lily
Jennings was evident to all. Even Madame became
aware of it, and held conferences with two of the
under teachers.

"It is not at all healthy for one child to model
herself so entirely upon the pattern of another," said
Miss Parmalee.

"Most certainly it is not," agreed Miss Acton, the
music-teacher.

"Why, that poor little Amelia Wheeler had the
rudiments of a fairly good contralto. I had begun
to wonder if the poor child might not be able at
least to sing a little, and so make up for -- other
things; and now she tries to sing high like Lily Jen-
nings, and I simply cannot prevent it. She has