truly cracked, and I stalked off back to the orchard. It was
good enough for him.

"Oh, oh, oh, Webb has come! He's taken the rig-up around the lilac
side (for strategic reasons, I have divided the grounds of Happy House)
and out to the carriage barn. Now I shall tackle B'lindy and make
ready for the blessed hour of rest.

"Adieu, dearest Claire, pray for your old pal."

The winning of B'lindy to her plan was not as easy as Webb had been.
It had been a "bad" morning for B'lindy; the fire would not draw well,
she had forgotten to "set" her bread, and Judson's cat had gotten into
the cream. Nancy's arguments fell on deaf ears.

"I guess what's well enough's well enough," at last she threw over her
shoulder. "Milly Leavitt's laid on that couch twenty years and it
ain't likely she'll lay there many more, and there ain't no use
meddlin' with what's what!"

"But, B'lindy, no one has ever tried this! It's so easy. Wait until
you see how nice and safe Webb has made the chair. It's wonderful! It
would be wicked to keep her shut up there when we could take her out!
Think of it, B'lindy, all _we_ have and poor little Aunt Milly! Why,
it might make her well! I really know of such a case. It was a woman
who had tried every medicine she knew of and it was just happiness she
needed! If Aunt Milly could get out there in the sunshine and--and see
things, _she_ might get well, too. Anyway, she could laugh!"

B'lindy laid down her egg-beater. It was a sign of yielding.

"I guess nobody's _tried_ happiness on Milly Leavitt!"

"We'll take her together, B'lindy. You may go with me to her room and
see her face when she knows!"

"I told Miss Sabriny that there was no tellin' _what'd_ happen in Happy
House if she brought a young thing like you here," was B'lindy's way of
assent. With an uplifted arm she warded off what threatened to be a
hug.

"Go 'way, Anne Leavitt, or there won't be no dinner! And this is
_your_ doin's, remember."

True to her promise, Nancy waited until the last dinner dish was dried;
then she and B'lindy, very like culprits, tip-toed to Miss Milly's
room. Aunt Milly wore a look of expectancy, which changed to wonder
when she saw B'lindy. And one glance at Nancy's eager face told her
that something very, very different was about to happen!

In a whisper Nancy commanded her to peep out and "just see what you'll
see." And Miss Milly, in a flutter, _did_ peep out, and saw Jonathan
below, wit