Jack was appealed to, and gave the two
sisters so many points about autos that they declared they felt
quite bewildered.
"Well, I think we'd better be leaving, Cora, dear," said Elizabeth
at length, and the good-bys were said, with many whispered promises
made to come over the next day to finish up the party plans.
"Cora," said Jack, when the pretty twins had gone down the path, "I
want a chance to talk to you. You've been so busy of late that I
haven't had an opportunity."
"In just a minute, Bud," interrupted his sister, feeling in her
sleeve for the unread letter. "I must run upstairs for just a
moment. Then I'll be right down."
"Yes, and then some one else will come in, and it will be the same
thing over to-morrow. No, sis, you're not treating me right," and
Jack's tone betrayed some grievance.
But Cora decided that she must read her letter, and she promised
that she would soon return to the porch.
"I know it's from Mary Downs," she told herself as she glided up the
stairs to the privacy of her oven room. "And I never could read it
before any one."
She hastily tore open the envelope. Yes, the letter was signed with
Mary's name, and it was dated from Silver Falls.
Cora's heart beat expectantly.
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