I did mean to get him to write it to-night, and I would have posted it, so that it could reach almost as soon as the other, and--and I _never_ did it, I never even asked him to write it, and now the post has gone, and--" "Whatever are you talking about ?" interrupted Betty impatiently.
"Why, the letter to Aunt Pike, of course.

I was going to coax father to write another letter to her to-night, to say it was all a mistake, that we didn't want her, and--" "Oh, that's all right," answered Betty coolly.

"Don't worry.

I have written to Aunt Pike and told her all that, and I posted it myself to make sure of its going.

She will get it almost as soon as she gets--" "Betty, you haven't ?" "Yes, I have," said Betty quietly.