"Oh, Vivian, Vivian! What do you think!" Susie's face was buried on Vivian's shoulder. "I'm engaged!"
Vivian held her close and kissed her soft hair. Her joyous excitement was contagious.
"He's the nicest man in the world!" breathed Susie, "and he loves me!"
"We all supposed he did. Didn't you know it before?"
"Oh, yes, in a way; but, Vivian—he kissed me!"
"Well, child, have you never in all your little life been kissed before?"
Susie lifted a rosy, tearful face for a moment.
"Never, never, never!" she said. "I thought I had, but I haven't! Oh, I am so happy!"
"What's up?" inquired Morton, appearing with a pink lantern in his hand, in impatient search for his adored one. "Susie—crying?"