g over and over again, and the
girls realized how strong within her was her love for the country for
which she had made the poor exchange of the city, and they sympathized
keenly.

The result of the correspondence between Mr. Emerson and the Deerfield
people was that the Bulgarians were put on the train for Springfield
within ten days, each one of them, even the twin babies, wearing a
small American flag so that they might be recognized by their new
employer who was to meet them at Springfield and convoy them home.
Mrs. Tsanoff left Rose House in tears, kissing the hands of all the
girls and murmuring her gratitude to all of them over and over again as
she wept and smiled by turns.

The other women had started the embroidery class, teaching each other
and Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Smith and the Miss Clarks. The plan was working
out very well, Mrs. Schuler thought, especially with Mrs. Paterno, who
evidently loved the work and in it was already losing something of her
fear and anxiety.

Roger had made a sideboard for the Rose House dining room assisted by
the members of the Club who were "not off gallivanting," as he
expressed it.

"It's mighty good looking," commented Dorothy as she examined it. "Was
it hard to make? It looks so."

"No worse than that seat we made for Mrs. Schuler's room. We made two
cupboard arrangements for the ends just like those, only we put a door
over each one of them. Instead of a big box between them to be used as
a seat we put a shelf resting on the cleats that went across the backs
of the bookshelves. Then we connected the two cupboards with a long
plank."

"You put a back behind the shelf."

"We put on thin boards for a back, but we haven't decided yet whether
we made a mistake in putting doors in front or not. I like them with
doors the way we have it, but Margaret thinks it would have been rather
good without any doors. What do you think?"

"I think Mrs. Schuler will like it better with doors. The linen or
whatever she keeps in there will be cleaner if it isn't exposed to the
air on open shelves and the doors will serve as a protection against
dust."

They all agreed that it was one of the best pieces of furniture that
they had yet made for the house, and the travellers were sorry that
they had not had a hand in its construction on account of the
experience the progress of the work would have afforded them.

A few days later the Ethels planned an excursion for the benefit of