fraid_. Just let her talk,
and tell her to see Mrs. Hargrave. She has seen me all she ever wants
to, I guess, but Mrs. Hargrave is not afraid of anybody. I wish she was
here. Now you will remember what I say, won't you, dear? Don't be
afraid."

"What will she do to Helen?" asked Rosanna.

"Do to Helen?" said Minnie, sitting up. "Do to Helen? Well, she won't
get within shouting distance of Helen. I guess I have not been shut up
in my room all evening so as anyone would notice it. The Culvers are all
prepared, and Helen won't know anything about it until long after it is
all over."

"That is good," sighed Rosanna. "I can't bear to have Helen unhappy as I
am. It does seem as though I have to be unhappy such a lot, don't you
think so, Minnie?"

Minnie leaned over and kissed her.

"Poor child!" she said softly. "Never you mind! I have a feeling that
there is something good coming out of this. I don't know what, but you
must bear whatever your grandmother says to you with that thought in
mind, and remember what I say."

"I will try," promised Rosanna, and then because she was exhausted with
the shock of the evening after the tiresome but glorious day Rosanna,
clasping Minnie's hand tight, went to sleep immediately.

When she awoke next day it was very late, and the sun was shining
through the flowered chintz curtains. She felt something queer and
crackly in the bed by her foot, and threw back the covers. There was a
letter tied to her ankle by a piece of ribbon. Rosanna could not help
laughing, it was such a funny place to put a letter.

"Dearie," it read, "we slept like tops both of us, and now I must get
out of here before your grandmother wakes up. I am going to tie this to
your ankle because that is the only place she would never think to look
if she should come in while you are still asleep, and go to looking
through things, though the saints know there is nothing she is not
welcome to see as we have every button on, and not a rip anywhere.

"I take this pencil in hand to tell you that I stayed all night and held
your hand. At any rate you were holding mine when I woke up not long
ago.

"Now I am going to leave right off, as I do not care to eat again under
this roof, things being as they are. I don't know about your going down
to breakfast. If you wake late enough, she will be over at Mrs.
Hargrave's and you could have your breakfast up here. Just ring the bell
three times. I will fix it with Hannah to brin