"Your loving cousin,
"MOLLY HAPGOOD."
"That's short enough, I should think," said Jessie ungratefully.
"My last letter to her was two whole sheets long."
"Nevermind," answered Katharine; "let's see what Mrs. Adams says.
Isn't it good of her to write?"
"My DEAR GIRLS,—This is only a little note to tuck inside Molly's letter; but I did just want to say how glad I am to hear of the way my two girls are doing the work that has come to them. I am proud of them and happy in them, for they both seem almost like my own daughters.
"And this brings me to my new plan. It occurred to me, the other day, that we shall be a very lonely, forlorn pair of old people, when Polly goes off to college. Why wouldn't it be a good idea for Jessie to plan to come back to us then, and take Polly's place for the four years, bring a little young life into the home, and study medicine with the doctor while she does it. It is too soon, of course, to decide; but I want you both to be thinking about it, for it seems to me an excellent idea.
"And now I must run away and make a call with Aunt Ruth.
"With a great deal of love from
"'AUNT ISABEL.'"
"Oh-h-h!" And Jessie gave a sigh of rapture.