As for Betsy, that evening, beside her napkin at the dinner table, there lay a tiny white box, and in it shone a gold circlet set with a tiny diamond. Uncle Ben’s card lay on top, with the words
“For the hand with the little pink nails.”
“‘Go back, Van!’”
CHAPTER VII
VAN GOES TO CHURCH
MR. JOHNS went over and closed the door carefully, when Betsy had been excused after lunch.
“By the way, Kate, I received a letter this morning from that father of hers.”
“Oh, the poor baby! He isn’t going to bother her, is he?”
“Read it.”
Mrs. Johns took the soiled bit of paper and read: