I have always believed that boys were more amenable to routine discipline in education than girls, but we shall see." Miss Daphne's eyes, if he could only have seen them, held a twinkle of mirth, and her smile was a little more pronounced than usual.
"I think," she said, softly, "that she is a very lovable, attractive girl.
I am quite relieved, brother, not to have a boy in the house." Kit wakened the following morning with the sunlight calling to her.

It was early, but back on the farm the girls usually rose about five.

There did not seem to be any one stirring yet, so she dressed quietly, and found her way down-stairs.

The Dean kept a cook, gardener and second girl.

Kit heard Delia, the latter, singing in the dining-room and went out at once to make friends with her.
"Is it very far down the bluff to the shore, Delia ?" she asked, eagerly.
"I'm dying to climb down there, if I have time before breakfast." "Sure, Miss, it's as easy as rolling off a log.