I know--in the big room--the closet behind the curtain! I can find that even in this dark, and once in there I won't be afraid." Bessy, fired by this inspiration, groped along the wall through the room to the large chamber, stumbled over chairs and a couch and at last got her hands on the drapery.

She readily found the knob, turned it, opened the door and stepped in.
"I hope they won't be long," she thought.

"I hope the girls come first.

I don't want to burst into a room full of boys.

Won't Daren be surprised when I tell him--maybe angry! But it's bound to come out all right, and father will never know.".