Suppose you try it, dear.

Will you, if I give you a book ?" "Yes," answered Mary, who had heard of these books before, and longed for a peep into them.

She had her wish now, for, taking them down from the shelf, Betty read an extract here and there, to illustrate what she meant.

Presently, to their astonishment, they heard Mom Beck knocking at Lloyd's door to awaken her, and Betty realized with a start that she had been reading over an hour.

Her letters were unanswered, but she had accomplished something better.