We shall all have to walk, for the bicycle won't take three." "I'll wheel it," cried Ulyth joyfully.
"She'll half kill me to-night," quavered poor Susannah Maude.

"Do let me go to the Home!" "Your mother shall not have a chance of coming near you.

You must tell all this to Miss Bowes; then to-morrow, if you wish, you may be sent back to the Orphanage." No successful scouts could have returned to camp with more triumph than Mrs.Arnold and Ulyth, as, very late and decidedly tired, they arrived at The Woodlands to relate their surprising story.

Miss Bowes sent at once for Rona, and in the presence of the Principals the whole matter was carefully explained to the satisfaction of all parties, even poor weeping Susannah Maude.
"I am very glad to find the motive for which Rona kept silence was so good a one," commented Miss Teddington.

"She has shown her loyalty both to her friend and to the school." Dismissed with honour from the study, Ulyth and Rona were hugging each other in the privacy of the boot cupboard.
"Can you ever forgive all the horrible things I said ?" implored Rona.