As Queen of the Roses she had occupied a rather important position, and her portrait, in her beautiful fancy costume, had appeared in several of the leading ladies' newspapers.

Stephanie's features were good, and the photograph had been a very happy one--"glorified out of all knowledge" said some of the girls; so the photographer had exhibited it in his window, and altogether more notice had been taken of it than was perhaps salutary for the original.

Stephanie had brought a copy back to school, and it now adorned her bedroom mantelpiece.

She was never tired of descanting upon the pageant, and telling about all the aristocratic people who had come to see it.

According to her account the very flower of the neighbourhood had been present, and had taken special notice of her.