nt to change it, anyhow. But of course I settled
THAT question without any trouble," went on David confidently, "by just
telling her how you said you'd give anything in the world to change it."

"And you told her that--just that, David?" cried the man.

"Why, yes, I had to," answered David, in surprise, "else she wouldn't
have known that you DID want to change it. Don't you see?"

"Oh, yes! I--see--a good deal that I'm thinking you don't," muttered
Mr. Jack, falling back in his chair.

"Well, then is when I told her about the logical ending--what you said,
you know,--oh, yes! and that was when I found out she did n't like the
ending, because she laughed such a funny little laugh and colored up,
and said that she wasn't sure she could tell me what a logical ending
was, but that she would try to find out, and that, anyhow, YOUR ending
wouldn't be hers--she was sure of that."

"David, did she say that--really?" Mr. Jack was on his feet now.

"She did; and then yesterday she asked me to come over, and she said
some more things,--about the story, I mean,--but she didn't say another
thing about the ending. She didn't ever say anything about that except
that little bit I told you of a minute ago."

"Yes, yes, but what did she say?" demanded Mr. Jack, stopping short in
his walk up and down the room.

"She said: 'You tell Mr. Jack that I know something about that story of
his that perhaps he doesn't. In the first place, I know the Princess a
lot better than he does, and she isn't a bit the kind of girl he's
pictured her."

"Yes! Go on--go on!"

"'Now, for instance,' she says, 'when the boy made that call, after the
girl first came back, and when the boy didn't like it because they
talked of colleges and travels, and such things, you tell him that I
happen to know that that girl was just hoping and hoping he'd speak of
the old days and games; but that she could n't speak, of course, when
he hadn't been even once to see her during all those weeks, and when
he'd acted in every way just as if he'd forgotten.'"

"But she hadn't waved--that Princess hadn't waved--once!" argued Mr.
Jack; "and he looked and looked for it."

"Yes, SHE spoke of that," returned David. "But SHE said she shouldn't
think the Princess would have waved, when she'd got to be such a great
big girl as that--WAVING to a BOY! She said that for her part she
should have been ashamed of her if she had!"

"Oh, did she!" murmured Mr. Jack blankly, dropping