for little Nellie may be lonely and want some things to look at."

"All right, mother," answered Dorothy, letting Bert put the donkeys
away, "we'll make her room look like--like a valentine," she finished,
always getting some fun in even where very serious matters were
concerned.

The two girls, with Flossie looking on, were soon very busy with
Nellie's room.

"We must not make it too fussy," said Dorothy, "or Nellie may not feel
at home; and we certainly want her to enjoy herself. Will we put a
pink or blue set on the dresser?"

"Blue," said Nan, "for I know she loves blue. She said so when we
picked violets at Meadow Brook."

"All right," agreed Dorothy. "And say! Let's fix up something funny!
We'll get all the alarm clocks in the house and set them so they will
go off one after the other, just when Nellie gets to bed, say about
nine o'clock. We'll hide them so she will just about find one when
the other starts! She isn't really sick, is she?" Dorothy asked,
suddenly remembering that the visitor might not be in as good spirits
as she herself was.

"Oh, no, only run down," answered Nan, "and I'm sure she would enjoy
the joke."

So the girls went on fixing up the pretty little room. Nan ran
downstairs and brought up Nettie Prentice's flowers.