"I shall be late to dinner, and Dong Ling loathes anybody who's late to his meals--as I found out to my sorrow the night we got home.

Good-by, dear.

I'll be out soon again and fix it all up--about the Annex, you know." And with a bright smile she was gone.
"Dear me," sighed Aunt Hannah, stooping to pick up the black shawl; "dear me! Of course everything will be all right--there's a girl coming, even if Dong Ling is going.

But--but--Oh, my grief and conscience, what an extraordinary child Billy is, to be sure--but what a dear one!" she added, wiping a quick tear from her eye.

"An Overflow Annex, indeed, for her 'extra happiness'! Now isn't that just like Billy ?".