t isn't considered the thing to ride
astride here. I saw Beverly Randolph riding in the
park this afternoon, and he really did look as if
he enjoyed it. His home is in Virginia, and he
says the people there are very fond of horses.
Lulu says Mrs. Randolph owns a large plantation,
and I suppose a plantation is something like a
ranch.

"Now I really must stop writing, for my hand is
getting tired, and I have made two big blots on
this page. So good night, Auntie darling. If I
could send all the love that is in my heart, I am
afraid no postman would be able to carry the
letter, it would be so heavy. So you must just
imagine it is there. I am really very happy,
though I can't help feeling homesick sometimes,
especially at night. I am going to work hard, and
try to learn so much this winter that you will all
be proud of me when I come home. I have already
begun counting the weeks; there are just
twenty-eight and a half till the first of June. A
winter does seem a very long time, but this week
has gone by faster than I expected. I will write
to Mother on Sunday, and your next letters ought
to be here by Monday. Letters are the best thing
in the world when one is so far away from home, so
please all write just as often as you can to

"Your own loving
"MARJORIE."

CHAPTER XI

MARJORIE ENGAGES IN BATTLE

"THE most glorious thing is going to happen, Marjorie," announced Elsie,
as her cousin came into the drawing-room to breakfast one November
morning, about two weeks after the writing of that long letter to Aunt
Jessie.

"What is it?" inquired Marjorie, regarding Elsie's radiant face and
sparkling eyes, with interest. Elsie was not, as a rule, a very
enthusiastic young person.

"The most delightful invitation you ever heard of," Elsie explained with
a glance at the letter her mother was reading. "It's from my cousin
Percy Ward. You know he's a sophomore at Yale, and he wants Mamma and me
to come to New Haven for the football game next Saturday. It's the big
Yale-Harvard game, you know, and I've been simply crazy to go, but it's
almost impossible to get tickets. It r