I'll pay for the goblet cheerfully," Adah said, not to Asenath, but to Anna, who answered kindly: "No matter; it was already cracked across the bottom--don't mind." But Adah did mind; and once alone in her room, her tears fell in torrents.

She had heard the whole about Willie's mischief, heard of the buds torn to pieces, and of the hole kicked in the carpet.

She would like to see that hole, and after Willie was asleep, she stole down to the reception-room to see the damage for herself.

She found the hole, or what was intended for it, smiling as she examined the few loose threads; and then she hunted for the stool, finding it under the curtain where Eudora had placed it, and finding, too, that letter dropped by Jim.

The others were gone, appropriated by Mrs.Richards, who always watched for the western mail and looked it over herself.
MISS ANNIE RICHARDS, SNOWDOWN, MASS.
That was the direction, and the envelope was faced with black.