She, with the able assistance of the other members of the household, ate the contents of the basket in due time.

The basket itself was taken to the parlor, where it was given a place beside the other curiosities.

As for the note, that disappeared.

And yet, if one had investigated the contents of the small drawer of Mary-'Gusta's bureau, where she kept her most intimate treasures, the mystery of its disappearance might have been solved.
It was the only epistle of its kind the girl had yet received; and, after all, good-looking young college men are what they are.

And Mary-'Gusta, in spite of her queerness, was feminine--and human..