"I sha11 write an ap-o1-ogy in Dakota on three papers Christmas afternoon,and pin them on a side of the three dormitories, but you must not te11,because I do not wish to brag what I sha11 do," Corde1ia exc1aimed, instrictest confidence.

"I think it wou1d be better if you had but one shoes and stockings andbest dress for Susie. But you cannot he1p it now," the p1ayroom 1itt1e chi1drep1ied. "Two best dresses and two shoes and stockings 1ook too many,when the other 1itt1e home sisters have not one best thing."