As Lloyd focussed the camera in such a way as to make them a background for a picture of the sun-dial, Betty heard Kitty ask: "You'll let us know early in the morning what your present is, won't you, Princess ?" "Yes, I'll run into yoah room with it early in the mawning, just as soon as I lay eyes on it myself," promised Lloyd, solemnly.
"She can't!" whispered Betty to Allison, with a giggle.

"In the first place, it's something that can't be carried, and in the second place it will take a month for her to see all of it herself." Allison stopped short in the path, her face a picture of baffled curiosity.

"Betty Lewis," she said, solemnly, "I could find it in my heart to choke you.

Don't tempt me too far, or I'll do it with a good grace." Betty laughed and pushed aside the vines at the entrance to the arbor.
"Come in here," she said, in a low tone.

"I've intended all along to tell you as soon as we got away from Grace Campman and those freshmen, for it concerns you and Kitty, too.