Mattie cried with joy.
"What is it?" the girls asked, and she told them.
Judge Sands had seen Mr. McAllister who took the money without a comment save:
"Well, Judge, when a thing happens like this it sort of restores one's faith in human nature, doesn't it?"
And Mattie was a happy girl.
"Really," said Ethel to her cousin and Patty, "Mattie's eyes have grown wider apart."
"No, it's because you like her and she seems different to you."
Mrs. Hollister wrote: "My dearest girl:
"I hope you have made only desirable acquaintances and that you will forget the Camp Fire Girls, at least this winter. You will be seventeen soon and I shall give you a debutante's party. I have saved considerable money during your absence."
Ethel didn't answer the letter at once.