. A little queen of hearts; an international story . - CELESTE,here is a letter for you,and it is the third oneyou have received undercover of direction tome; and, if I am notmistaken, I recognizethe handwriting on thisone ; I believe it is fromTheodore Harris. Marie-Celeste, witha meek little thankyou, simply took theletter from Dorothysextended hand. And, Marie-Ce-leste, Dorothy con-tinued, you are notshowing them to your mother. They come enclosed in these envelopes, and that is so thatshe shall not know that you receive them, I suppose. Yes, Miss Dorothy, hut with her mind quite intent on
. A little queen of hearts; an international story . - CELESTE,here is a letter for you,and it is the third oneyou have received undercover of direction tome; and, if I am notmistaken, I recognizethe handwriting on thisone ; I believe it is fromTheodore Harris. Marie-Celeste, witha meek little thankyou, simply took theletter from Dorothysextended hand. And, Marie-Ce-leste, Dorothy con-tinued, you are notshowing them to your mother. They come enclosed in these envelopes, and that is so thatshe shall not know that you receive them, I suppose. Yes, Miss Dorothy, hut with her mind quite intent on theletter, and therefore rather absent-mindedly. Well, then, do you know, I believe I shall tell her. Oh, Miss Dorothy, with all the absent-mindedness gone in aminute, and with gravest reproach in the dark brown eyes, youwouldnt—you wouldnt do that ! Why, my dear child, I almost feel as though I ought to ; it issuch an uncommon thing for a little girl of twelve to be in surrepti-tious correspondence with at least three different people, for there. 204 A LITTLE QUEEN OF HEARTS. has been a different hand on every letter. It seems wrong to me tobe helping on such a mysterious proceeding, with no idea whateverof what it all means. Miss Dorothy, said Marie-Celeste, I am in a great big secret,thats all, but I do wish—I do wish very much that you were in ittoo, which was indeed the truth, for this not being able to talk overmatters with anybody was almost more than she could longer endure. Well, dont you believe it would do to take me in, then ? saidDorothy rather entreatingly. I confess I would like to know whatTheodore Harris is writing to you about ; and besides it doesnt seemfair to put too much upon a little girl like you. You seem to bethinking so hard so much of the time. They are pretty nice thoughts, though, Marie-Celeste replied,as youll see when I tell you, because Ive about decided to tell think its right, too, and I dont believe theyll mind, and I amgoing up to
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