CHAPTER XIII.
THE TREE-PARTY.
Another golden day! But the days would all be golden now, thought Hildegarde.

"Oh, how different it is from yesterday!" she cried to Nurse Lucy as she danced about the kitchen.

"The sun shone yesterday, but it did us no good.

To-day it warms my heart, the good sunshine.

And yesterday the trees seemed to mock me, with all their scarlet and gold; but to-day they are dressed up to celebrate our good fortune.