CHAPTER XXII.
MINNIE'S SECRET.
nd so the time slipped away. Alice and Minnie found that when once they made up their minds to regular lessons with their sister they began to take an interest in them, and were really happier than they would have been to be idle.
Soon after they began one morning, aunt Phyllis's sweet face peeped in at the door.
"Any admittance, my dears?" she asked.
"Oh, do come in!" said Agnes, springing up to welcome her.
"I have thought of something which I am burning to propose to you," said Miss Headley, coming round to kiss each in turn.
"What is it?" asked Minnie, laying down her pen and pushing back her curls.