ngborn, for she knew Dorothy's mother and
would be sure to take an interest in her daughter."

"The very thing! Capital!" exclaimed Mrs. White enthusiastically. "We
must make arrangements at once. There is little time left before the
term opens. Dear me, brother, some women may like to idle, but give me
a girl to dress up for school! Perhaps because I have never had the
joy for doing it for my own daughter, I so love to take up Dorothy and
experiment on her. No girl at school shall be better equipped than
Dorothy Dale--"

"Now take care, sister. We are plain folks, you know."

"Not one whit plainer than your sister Ruth. I shall only get Dorothy
things that befit her station, in fact the best dressed girls do not,
by any means have more clothes than others. They simply have what is
needed."

"Oh, I know! I know I can depend upon you, Ruth. Only I also know you
think Dorothy--"

"A wonderfully pretty and attractive girl, and one who must wear the
right kind of clothes. There, I feel I am looking through the shops
now. I must admit I have a weakness for pretty things, whether girls
or their dresses."

"Strange I should have so lately received a letter from Mrs. Pangborn
inquiring about Dorothy," remarked the major. "I have it some place,"
and he pulled a packet of papers from his desk, soon finding the one
wanted. "There," he went on, glancing over the missive, "Louise says
she has now two assistants, a Miss Crane and a Miss Higley."

"Might I see the letter?" asked Mrs. White, already assuming the mother
part toward Dorothy, and feeling it her duty to know all she might be
able to find out concerning the woman to whom Dorothy would be
entrusted.

"Why, certainly," replied the major, handing her the letter. She
glanced over the paper. "There," she said presently, smiling. "I
fancy I see Miss Crane, whom Mrs. Pangborn describes as being such a
favorite with the girls. And the other, Miss Higley--her name is
enough. She must be the sort of teacher who does good work in classes,
but seems to put a damper on the girls' pranks. Of course, such a
person is always valuable in a boarding school," and she handed back
the paper, "but what a lot of trouble they can make! I went to a
boarding school myself, you know, and I know and remember all about the
Miss Higleys."

"Then you think it would be a good plan to send Dorothy to Glenwood?"
and the major's voice showed that he looked favorably upon the