AN EXCERPT FROM the start OF: bankruptcy I. " Oh, expensive Aunt Eleanor!' cried Helen, operating one morning into Mrs. Thornton's room; " it truly is the sort of wonderful day,—and we comprehensive the hut within the wooden the day gone by, and we need quite a bit to head and play in it,— want we do our classes this morning?" Mrs. Thornton used to be status prior to her glass completing her dressing, for it was once no longer a lot previous 8 o'clock. " No, you would like not," she acknowledged. " yet needs to we do them within the afternoon? it will likely be the easiest a part of the day," stated Helen; " it is going to be so tiresome to need to go away our play once we have gotten really into it. expensive Aunt Eleanor!" in a so much beseeching tone, "mayn't now we have a complete vacation this once—just this once!" ^ Aunt Eleanor regarded particularly grave. Her maid observed her face within the glass, as she stood at the back of her fastening her gown; yet Helen didn't. " certain, my dear," she stated, " i'm going to let you have a complete holiday." " thanks, thanks, darling Aunt Eleanor," cried Helen, clapping her fingers. She ran in the direction of the door, after which got here again back to the dressing-table. " Aunt Eleanor," she stated, " we suggest to have a banquet in our hut,—a banquet for a housewarming, Maurice says. might we ask Mrs. Hudson to allow us to have cheesecakes—two little cheesecakes, Aunt Eleanor?" " you could, my dear." " Or might we have now four?—it may be just one a-piece." " Very well." " and can we've got a number of strawberries, —just a few,—and a spoonful of white sugar, and Mary's doll's jug filled with cream?"