Ruth obediently stole from her bed and tiptoed to Blue Bonnet's side.
"Doesn't she look strange?" Ruth whispered.
A sudden thought made Blue Bonnet start. "Ruth, were you fumigated before you left Woodford?"
"Fumigated? Goodness no! They fumigate houses, not people."
"Well, disinfected is what I mean, I reckon. Kitty's got a rash—and it's scarlet!"
They gazed at each other in dismay. Kitty stirred, moaned, and sat up.
"What are you all talking about?—oh, girls,—I can't open my eyes!"
At her cry all the other occupants of the nursery woke up, and crowded about the anguished Kitty.
"Oh, Susy, look at her," cried Blue Bonnet. "Did Ruth look like that? Do you think it's scarlet fever?"