It isn't for you." She knelt on the mosses, the letter in her hand, and her face, as she turned to me, was rather startled; but when she saw me she laughed, and said in the sweetest voice I ever heard: "Are you so very sure of that ?" "Well I ought to be," I said.

"I put it there." "Might I inquire for whom you put it there ?" "No ma'am! That's a secret." You should have seen the light flame in her eyes, the red deepen on her cheeks, and the little curl of laughter that curved her lips.
"How interesting!" she cried.

"I wonder now if you are not Little Sister." "I am to Laddie and our folks," I said.

"You are a stranger." All the dancing lights went from her face.

She looked as if she were going to cry unless she hurried up and swallowed it down hard and fast.
"That is quite true," she said.