"I have two sweethearts who send me flowers and candy, and write me notes, and they are just as jealous of each other as they can be." "Then I'd be ashamed to brag of it," cried the Little Colonel, angry that her mother's opinion had been so flatly contradicted.

But there was no time for a quarrel.

The boys had come up with them, and Lloyd had to make the necessary introductions.

Eugenia thought she had never seen two handsomer boys, or any one with more courtly manners, and as Malcolm rode along beside her, she wished that Mollie and Fay and Kell could see her knightly escort.
Joyce and Keith followed, and Betty and Rob brought up the rear.

The Little Colonel led the way.