THE CINDERELLA FROCK. 69

moment by the cry—‘‘Here she comes !”
and Louise of course was in ecstasy again.

«© Yes, yes, so she does! and her father
with her, I declare!’’ were her exclama-
tions. What can he be coming to school for,
I wonder? And there, she’s got on her
beautiful elf dress again. I do believe she
wears that on purpose to be a mock fairy.
No, I don’t either, for she told me the whole
about it once. She always seems just right
to me when she has it on, though, for she is
such a singer, and looks so lovely, and is so
gentle and good, I, for one, can’t help think-
ing she ought to wear something to distin-
guish her from the rest of us; such a rude,
noisy set as we are. But there comes Miss
Wright. Why—why!—and what can Alice
and her father be saying to her, I wonder ?
Heigho, Miss Rovina, now for it !”’