"Remember, dearie,
your medicines are all labelled, and I put needles in your work-box
all threaded. Don't sit in draughts and don't read in a dim light.
Have a good time and study hard and come back soon. Good--bye, my
girlie. God bless you!"
By this time no handkerchief would have sufficed for my tears. I
reached out blindly, and Ted handed me a towel.
"I've got a sheet when you've sopped that," he said. Boys are such
brutes.
Aunt Lida said, "Good-bye, my dearest. You are my favorite niece. You
know I love you the best."
I giggled, for she tells my sister the same thing always.
"Nobody seems to care much that I am going," said Bee, mournfully.
"But you are coming back so soon, and she is going to stay so long,"
exclaimed grandmamma, patting Bee.
"I'll bet she doesn't stay a year," cried Ted.
"I'll expect her home by Christmas," said papa.
"I'll bet she is here to eat Thanksgiving dinner," cried my
brother-in-law.
"No, she is sure to stay as long as she has said she would," said
mamma.
Mothers are the brace of the universe. The family trailed down to the
front door.
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