XXXII. END OF SCHOOL TERM
THE LETTER OF CREDIT.
CHAPTER I.
THE LETTER.
"Mother, I wonder how people do, when they are going to write a book?"
"Do?" repeated her mother.
"Yes. I wonder how they begin."
"I suppose they have something to tell; and then they tell it," said simple Mrs. Carpenter.
"No, no, but I mean a story."
"What story have you got there?"