And we'll ride her on a broomstick in good style." "Only, nobody must know it's Miss Leece whose being effigied," urged Grace.

"This must be merely for our own private satisfaction.

Everybody promise not to tell." Everybody promised; so, with Anne safely in tow, they started for Jessica's house to make the figure.

Here they were not likely to be interrupted.

Jessica's mother was dead and her father spent most of his evenings in his library.
Half a broomstick, with a small pumpkin attached to one end, formed the framework of Miss Leece's effigy.