Ellen
laughed again. "Those two children are always having secrets about
nothing at all," mused she.
Ellen was a lively girl, and greatly enjoyed a joke. After a while,
when she discovered Elsie alone, she whispered something to her. The
little girl's brown eyes grew round with interest. She nodded once or
twice, murmuring, "Yes, yes!"
"And you must not breathe a word of it to anybody--not even to Teresa!"
said Ellen.
"Oh, no!" said Elsie, quite flattered that such a big girl should
confide in her.
Then--ah, merry Ellen!--did she not go herself and tell Teresa,
charging her also not to reveal it? Later she took occasion to say a
word to Frances upon the same topic.
"Splendid!" cried the latter. "I'll not speak of it, I promise you."
Finally, Ellen suggested the very same thing to Will, who chuckled,
looked at Joe, and asked:
"Are you sure you're on the right track?"
"You'll see if I'm not!" replied Ellen.
"Well, all I say is," he went on, condescendingly, "you've hit upon a
capital scheme; and you may bet your boots on it that I won't do
anything to spoil it.
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