"Too sensitive and too imaginative by far," she said.

"But I like this little hand.

It will always be faithful in little things as well as big, and will keep its promises to the utmost.

It is a hand that can be trusted." Betty's face shone.

What Miss Allison had said pleased her more than the fortune which followed, although it foretold a long life full of as many interesting happenings as if she had Aladdin's wonderful lamp to use as she chose.