90 THE CINDERELLA FROCK.

said such heartless things and Alice had
reproved her, began her month of probation ;
Heigho, she was sorry for the past, and had
been sorry for the last month. As for her
judge’s speech, such a comic fit had come over
her just as she had announced herself a
judge, the whole flitted away out of her mind—
would they forgive her ? And so, all joined
hands, formed a ring, and went through a
series of Louise’s gyrations now, to testify
the general good understanding, just as the
Indians smoke the calumet. And such socia-
bility, such overflowing happiness as echoed
in the yard that day, never could have been
outdone. |

The painting, it was decided, should deco-
rate the school-room walls until the term
closed. ‘Then Rovina took it home, and it
used always to hang in her mother’s sitting-
room, and for every evil thought it was a