. Witch Winnie, the story of a "king's daughter;" . e,because she has seen Jim ; and Tib, fromher natural smartness in smelling out asecret. Whatever it is, Winnie, we believe youcould never do anything very bad, saidAdelaide. But I have, Winnie replied; some-thing just reckless. Im in for the worstscrape of my life, and just as I was tryingso hard to be good. I shall never be any-thing but a malefactor, and maybe getexpelled, and throw the dear Amen Corner LITTLE PRINCE DEL PARADISO 89 into disgrace. Id better have staid queenof the Hornets, for I shall be nothingbut Witch Winnie to the end o
. Witch Winnie, the story of a "king's daughter;" . e,because she has seen Jim ; and Tib, fromher natural smartness in smelling out asecret. Whatever it is, Winnie, we believe youcould never do anything very bad, saidAdelaide. But I have, Winnie replied; some-thing just reckless. Im in for the worstscrape of my life, and just as I was tryingso hard to be good. I shall never be any-thing but a malefactor, and maybe getexpelled, and throw the dear Amen Corner LITTLE PRINCE DEL PARADISO 89 into disgrace. Id better have staid queenof the Hornets, for I shall be nothingbut Witch Winnie to the end of thechapter/ CHAPTER VI. MRS. HETTERMAN THROWS LIGHT ON THE MYSTERY. RS. BETTER- MAN came in-to our life inconsequence ofa train of troub-les which arosein the board-ing-school fromthe frequentchange of thecook. Madamehad been serv-ed for severalyears by a faith-ful colored man,who had suddenly taken it into his head togo off as steward on a gentlemans had supplied his place by a Biddy, who was found intoxicated on the kitchen floor. 9o. LJCHT ON THE MYSTERY, 9I A woman followed who turned out to be athief, and we were now enduring an incompe-tent creature who made sour bread and spoil-ed nearly every dish which passed throughher hands. Half of the girls were suffer-ing with dyspepsia, and all were Amen Corner was especially out ofsorts. Milly, who was always fastidious, hadeaten nothing but maple-sugar for breakfast,and had a sick headache ; Emma Jane wassnappish ; Witch Winnie had stolen a box ofcrackers from the pantry, which she hadpassed around. Adelaide and I had regaledourselves upon them, but Emma Jane haddeclined on high moral grounds, and was vir-tuously miserable. It was in this unchristianframe of mind, or rather of stomach, thatwe took our next botany lesson. We foundthe princess beaming with pleasure. Mytear young ladies, she exclaimed, youmust felicitate me. It is all so much bet-ter as I had hoped. Ze leetle prince hasnot been so badly e
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