"'Verses,' said I,—'songs and sonnets. Rosabel, you can copy them into your album.'
"'And that?' said the widow.
"'Why,' said I,'this puzzles me.'
"'What does M. O. O. S. S. mean?' asked the widow.
"'Oh, I know what that means,' said I.
"'What?' said Rosabel.
"'It signifies Mystic Order of Seven Sweethearts.' And I gave Rosabel and her mother an account of the Sweethearts, which excited much merriment.
"'But these letters, N. G. G. and M. W. D.,—what do they mean?' asked the widow.
"'That I cannot tell,' said I.
"'Do try to find out,' said Rosabel.