them, poor
idiots. I hope some of them do better than that, or I shan't learn
much."

"It would be wonderful if you did make a success of it," said Elinor,
beginning to put her newly acquired implements into her locker. "How
surprised Bruce will be that you are studying here, too."

"Don't tell him, for the world!" cried Patricia, her brow wrinkling at
the thought of that noted artist's surprise. "I shouldn't have dared
to take the course if he was ever to see anything I did! I'm only
going into it for fun, and I shouldn't have dreamed of doing it if it
hadn't been the cheapest course in the whole school. You know I
shouldn't have, Elinor dear, so please don't tell."

Elinor gave her a reassuring squeeze. "Don't be afraid, Miss Pat. I
won't give away your dark secrets to anyone till you want me to.
You'll tell David, won't you?"

Patricia pondered a moment. "I don't believe I'll tell anyone until I
see what I can do," she decided. "I'd love to surprise Francis Edward
David Carson Kendall, otherwise known as Frad, but I'll wait till I
know whether it is to be the sort of surprise he'd welcome before I
spring it on him. He wouldn't appreciate a hideous fizzle, like some
of those we saw, and I'd hate to inflict a newly discovered twin
brother with anything of that sort myself."

"I don't believe Fra--David would be very critical; he's so good
natured," said Elinor. "Isn't it hard to get used to him as our
brother, after knowing him as David Carson for a whole summer? I can't
ever feel sure of what is his right name now. We knew him as David
Carson for so long, and now that he wants to be called by his real
name, I simply get more twisted all the time."

"That's why I call him Frad," said Patricia, with a twinkle. "Combines
the whole and is entirely original, and so suited to his situation. I
don't think he ought to drop all the Carson name, particularly while
we're all living comfortably on the Carson money. It seems sort of
ungrateful to me."

"But you know Mrs. Carson always wanted him to take his own name if he
ever found it," said Elinor, closing her locker and dropping the key
into her bag.

"Well, he's dear with any name, and I'm glad Judy discovered him when
she did, money or no money," said Patricia seriously. "He was so
disappointed when Madam Blitz said my voice needed another year to grow
in, that I'm awfully glad I've hit on something to do that will fill in
the time, and keep me le