Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times

"You needn't laugh," he said to Katie, "for you've seen her makin' pieces out of silk, an' what's the difference between makin' pieces an' peacemakin'?"

CHAPTER II

ARABELLA AT SCHOOL

When recess time came Mollie had forgotten to ask Nina if her cousin was to be a pupil, and it happened that neither of the others questioned her.

They were in the midst of a game of hide-and-seek, when Mollie, who, with Nina, was hiding behind a large rosebush, looked up just in time to see the garden gate open.

"Look!" she whispered.

"Why, that's Arabella!" said Nina, "but why has she brought her Aunt Matilda with her?"

"I guess she didn't," whispered Mollie, "it's likely her Aunt Matilda's bringing her."

Nina stifled a laugh, and they saw the two go along the walk, and enter the cottage.

Flossie, who had been "it," ran quite around the house, and the others "ran in," Reginald loudly s