She enclosed it in one her mother wrote, and asked me not to give it to you until we were in mid-ocean.

I suppose her experience in coming over from Manila taught her that letters are more appreciated then than at the beginning of the voyage." The Little Colonel unfolded it, exclaiming in surprise, "It is dated '_The Beeches_.' I thought that they were in Lloydsboro Valley all summah, in the cottage next to the churchyard.

That one you used to like," she added, turning to Betty.

"The one with the high green roof and deah little diamond-shaped window-panes." "So they are in the Valley," answered her mother.

"But their new house is finished now, and they have moved into that.