The big heart that had held the valentines was not at all marred, but rather improved by their removal, and, the girls admired it more than ever.
"But we haven't taken the last ones yet," said Delight, looking at the two envelopes in the bills of the doves. They took them at the same time, and opened them simultaneously.
Each contained a valentine and a tiny parcel. The valentines were exactly alike, and their verses read the same:
"This is a Ring Dove, fair and white
That brings this gift to you to-night.
But why a Ring Dove, you may ask;
The answer is an easy task.
Look in this tiny box and see
What has the Ring Dove brought to thee!"
Eagerly the girls opened the boxes, and inside, on a bit of cotton wool, lay two lovely rings exactly alike. They were set with a little heart made of tiny pearls and turquoises, and they just fitted the fingers of the two little girls.
"Aren't they exquisite!" cried Delight, who loved pretty things.
"Beautiful!" agreed Midge, who thought more of the ring as a souvenir. "We can always remember to-day by them. I suppose your father sent yours and my father sent mine."
"Yes, of course they did. Oh, Miss Hart, do look at our rings and valentines!"
Miss Hart came in, smiling, and proved an interested audience of one, as she examined all the pretty trifles.
"And now," said Miss Hart, at last, "there's more to your valentine party. Will you come out to the dining-room and see it?"