“Why, Cousin Zula, here you are, I have been looking all around for you, and here you are—drawing, too. What, you haven’t been crying? Are you homesick?”

“Oh, no. What made you think I had been crying?”

“I fancied I saw tears; that was all.”

“Well, I did cry a little. There were two of the sauciest young ladies here—no, I don’t believe they were ladies.”

“Were they rude to you?”

“I should think they were.”

“What did they say?”

“They thought I looked like a gypsy, and I told her it was none of her business if I was.”

“Why, Zula, did you tell her that?”

“Yes, I did.”