l and perhaps missing me. I couldn't do it!"

Rosanna could hardly speak.

"I just think you are a real true friend, Helen!" she said finally. "I
don't think you ought to give up your good times and I can't thank you
enough."

"I wouldn't enjoy it without you," persisted Helen. "Aren't you thrilled
about your uncle's little orphan? And did you ever see anyone so happy
as Mrs. Hargrave?"

"Never!" said Rosanna. "She has been telling me all about the room she
is having decorated. It must be _too_ beautiful!"

"It is," said Helen. "I went over there the other day and saw it. You
never saw anything so cunning in your life. All the furniture is
enameled cream color, with lovely little wreaths of flowers on it. Even
her brush and comb and those things are painted ivory. And the walls! In
each corner is a little cottage, right on the wall paper you know,
Rosanna, and between just woods that look as though you were seeing them
through a mist--sort of delicate and far away. And the rugs are a soft
delicate green like the grass in spring. I hope she is lovely enough for
all the love Mrs. Hargrave is going to give her."

"Uncle Robert says she is as sweet as she can possibly be," Rosanna
assured her. "Well, you are just too good to stay at home with me,
Helen. It won't be long before we are both Girl Scouts. And I think you
are just as good and sweet as you can be. I can't think what I would
have done without you. But here you are actually giving up your camping
for me."

Rosanna leaned over and impulsively kissed her guest.

"Dear Helen, I am _so_ happy," she said, "because now I know that I am
really your _best_ friend."

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