So she bade her mother good-by, and sent loving messages to all at
home, and promised to write often.

"Remember," said her mother, as a parting injunction, "to read
every morning the list I gave you, which includes all my commands
for the summer. When I see you again I shall expect you to tell me
that you obeyed them all."

"I will try," said Marjorie; "but if it is a long list I may
forget some of them sometimes. You know, Mother, I AM forgetful."

"You are, indeed," said Mrs. Maynard, smiling; "but if you'll try
I think you'll succeed, at least fairly well. Good-by now, dear; I
must be off; and do you go at once to your room and read over the
list so as to start the day right."

"I will," said Marjorie, and as soon as she had waved a last good-
by, and the carriage had disappeared from view, she ran to her
room, and sitting down at her pretty desk, unfolded the list her
mother had given her.

To her great surprise, instead of the long list she had expected
to find, there were only two items. The first was, "Keep your
hands clean, and your hair tidy"; and the other read, "Obey
Grandma implicitly."

"Well," thought Marjorie to herself, "I can easily manage those
two! And yet," she thought further, with a little sigh, "they're
awfully hard ones. My hands just WON'T keep clean, and my hair
ribbon is forever coming off! And of course I MEAN to obey Grandma