remarked Rosy Posy, "'cause I like to get letters all to me."

Baby Rosamond was dressed up for the occasion in a very frilly
white frock, and being much impressed by the grandeur of staying
up to dinner, she had solemnly seated herself in state on a big
sofa, holding Boffin Bear in her arms. Her words, therefore,
seemed to have more weight than when she was her everyday roly-
poly self, tumbling about on the floor, and Marjorie at once
promised that she should have some letters all to herself.

When dinner was announced, Mr. Maynard, with Marjorie, led the
procession to the diningroom. They were followed by Mrs. Maynard
and Rosamond, and after them came Kingdon and Kitty.

Kitty was a golden-haired little girl, quite in contrast to
Marjorie, who had tangled masses of dark, curly hair and large,
dark eyes. Her cheeks were round and rosy, and her little white
teeth could almost always be seen, for merry Marjorie was laughing
most of the time. To-night she wore one of her prettiest white
dresses, and her dark curls were clustered at the top of her head
into a big scarlet bow. The excitement of the occasion made her
cheeks red and her eyes bright, and Mrs. Maynard looked at her
pretty eldest daughter with a pardonable pride.

"Midge," she said, "there are just about a hundred things I ought
to tell you before you go to Grandma's, but if I were to tell you
now, you wouldn't remember one of them; so I have written them all
down, and you must take the list with you, and read it every
morning so that you may remember and obey the instructions."