He wouldn't come!" As she picked up the corner of the sheet to wipe her eyes Mrs.Sherman and the girls burst out laughing, and there was an echoing peal of amusement in the hall.

The affair would not have seemed half so ridiculous in the daylight, but to be called out of bed at that hour to listen to such a dream, told only as Mary Ware could tell it, impressed the entire family as one of the funniest things that had ever happened.
They laughed till the tears came.
"I don't see what ever put such a silly thing into my head," said Mary, finally, beginning to feel mortified as she realized what an excitement she had created for nothing.
"It was Rob's talking about people who live a regular cat and dog life," said Betty.

"Don't you remember how long we talked about it to-day down in the clover-patch ?" "You mean yesterday," prompted Phil from the hall, "for it's nearly morning now.

And, Mary, I'll tell you why you had it.

It's a warning! A solemn warning! It means that you must never, never marry." "That's what I thought, too," quavered Mary, so seriously that they all laughed again.
"I hope everybody will excuse me for waking them up," called Mary, as they began to disperse to their rooms.