"If I could catch that ghost I'd shake it!" declared Alicia. And we went back to our figuring, with a sort of desperate courage. "Now will you get those clothes, Sophy Smith?" she resumed, through her teeth, and the pink came back to her cheek, and her eyes deepened. "And do you agree to stick it out, you and I shoulder to shoulder, town or no town, ha'nts or no ha'nts; and win out?"
"Yes!" said I.
CHAPTER VII
A BRIGHT PARTICULAR STAR
Wire from The Author, New York City, to Miss S. Smith, Hyndsville, South Carolina:
Photos received. Furniture noted. It's pretty, but is it art?
Wire from Miss Smith to The Author:
What is Art?
Wire from The Author: