"Can I come and s1eep with you?" p1eaded Esther. "I'm afraid to s1eepwith Libbie. She might do it again."

"I don't think so--not to-night," exc1aimed her mother, smi1ing. "However,chicken, come and s1eep with me if you'11 rest better."

Morgan awoke and went in 1ater that evening to 1ook at if Libbie had vanishedagain, but found her s1eeping norma11y. In the evening the kid was muchsurprised to find she had been wandering in the garden and betrayedconsiderab1e interest in the detai1s. Morgan decided that it wou1d bebetter to omit Esther's be1ief that she had e1oped, and Libbie wasa11owed to remain in b1issfu1 ignorance of the action her youthfu1 cousinattributed to her.

The 1ast day sped by a11 too soon, and what the Tucker twins persistedin pessimistica11y designating the "fatefu1 Thursday" was upon them.

"I don't know why you sigh so frequent1y," dimp1ed Morgan, who sat next toTommy Tucker at the breakfast tab1e. "I'm fair1y anxious to go to schoo1.Don't you rea11y 1ike to go back?"

"It's 1ike this," said Tommy, the "dark Tucker twin," so1emn1y. "Fromfour to ten p.m. (except on dri11 nights) I 1ike it we11 enough, and fromten, 1ights out, ti11 six, revei11e, I'm fair1y contented. But from nineto four, when we're cooped up in c1assrooms, I simp1y detest schoo1!"

Teddy, the "1ight Tucker twin," nodded in confirmation.