I'll bet she's up to something, too." It wasn't a long letter that Mary sent to the list of names which she gave Miss Haskins, but it had that quiet pull and power which messages have when they come from the heart.
"Oh, I know a lot will come," said Mrs.Ridge when Mary showed her a copy of it.

"They would come anyhow, Miss Spencer.

Most of them never made money like they made it here.

They've been away long enough now to miss it and--Ha-ha-a!--Excuse me." She suddenly checked herself and looked very red and solemn.
"What are you laughing at ?" asked Mary.
"I was thinking of my next door neighbour, Mrs.Strauss.

She's never through saying that the year she was here was the happiest year of her life; and how she'd like to come back again.