As Mrs. Gladder led the way to breakfast; he said to the girls in a stage whisper,
"Never mind, girls! they all do it!"
"Do what?" asked Betty demurely.
"O you know,—but don't feel embarrassed. Every night you'll feel better."
Sister Gladder turned. "Brother Eldridge," she said laughing, "if you don't stop teasing, I'll have to report you to President Gladder!"
At this, the young man laughed heartily, and the girls joined in.
The second night they decided that they had been foolish, and laughed themselves to sleep, with the gas turned off and the moonlight streaming in at their little high windows.
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CHAPTER IX.
Betty's New Friends.