I have to have the cross. You could be thinking
it over, couldn't you, Uncle Cliff, and let me know as soon as
you come?

"I reckon I've about got to the end of my news now, except that
Cousin Tracy is going to take me to the Harvard-Yale game
to-morrow. I'm so wild over it that I know I sha'n't sleep a
wink to-night. I will write Alec about it when I get back to
Woodford and tell him to give the letter to you and Uncle Joe to
read.

"Give my love to all the folks on the ranch. How's Benita? Did
she like the lavender bags I sent for the sheets? I hope she
uses them as I told her. I rather thought she might hang them
around her neck or give them to Juanita. I know if the We Are
Sevens were here they would send heaps of love. Aunt Lucinda
sends her best regards. I am counting the days now until
Christmas. I check off every day on the calendar until I see
you.

"With dearest love, I am,
"Your affectionate niece,
"BLUE BONNET ASHE.

"P. S. Please tell Alec that Aunt Lucinda has promised to look
after the General and Solomon when I'm gone. I am going to miss
Chula awfully, but there is a riding-school where Miss North
lets the girls get horses and ride with a teacher.

"P. S. Miss North seems very nice, but you never can tell how
people are going to be until you live with them, I hope for the
best. B. B."

CHAPTER IV

A SURPRISE

"Well, to begin at the very beginning," Blue Bonnet said, looking into
the eager faces of the We Are Sevens, "we took an automobile from Cousin
Tracy's house, where we were staying over the week-end. Of course we
could have taken the Cambridge subway, but Cousin Tracy said we were to
have all the frills; and, anyway, the subway is so jammed on the day of
the game that it takes forever to get anywhere--especially home, after
everything is over. Why, Cousin Tracy says--"

"Yes, we know all about that," Kitty said, "get on to the game."

"Well, we took the automobile and went straight to the Stadium. You
never saw so many automobiles in all your life. They would reach from
here to--"

"Oh, Blue Bonnet, we don't care a rap about the automobiles," Kitty
declared impatiently. "What did you do when you got to the Stadium?"

"We took our seats. You see, we got to the Stadium about one o'clock,
and as the game didn't begin until two, we had a perfectly lovely time
wat