count me as a relative after this,"
laughed Millicent. "I'm sure a girl who looks as much like you as I do
must be at least as much relation as a stepaunt."

From that moment they were firm friends, and their friendship was
still further cemented by the fact that Worth found it necessary to
change her boarding-house and became Millicent's roommate. Their odd
likeness was the wonder of the school and occasioned no end of
amusing mistakes, for all the students found it hard to distinguish
between them. Seen apart it was impossible to tell which was which
except by their clothes and style of hairdressing. Seen together there
were, of course, many minor differences which served to distinguish
them. Both girls were slight, with dark-brown hair, blue eyes and fair
complexions. But Millicent had more colour than Worth. Even in repose,
Millicent's face expressed mirth and fun; when Worth was not laughing
or talking, her face was rather serious. Worth's eyes were darker, and
her nose in profile slightly more aquiline. But still, the resemblance
between them was very striking. In disposition they were also very
similar. Both were merry, fun-loving girls, fond of larks and jokes.
Millicent was the more heedless, but both were impulsive and too apt
to do or say anything that came into their heads without counting the
cost. One late October evening Millicent came in, her cheeks crimson
after her walk in the keen autumn air, and tossed two letters on the
study table. "It's a perfect evening, Worth. We had the jolliest
tramp. You should have come with us instead of staying in moping over
your books."

Worth smiled ruefully. "I simply had to prepare those problems for
tomorrow," she said. "You see, Millie dear, there is a big difference
between us in some things at least. I'm poor. I simply have to pass my
exams and get a teacher's licence. So I can't afford to take any
chances. You're just attending high school for the sake of education
alone, so you don't really have to grind as I do."

"I'd like to do pretty well in the exams, though, for Dad's sake,"
answered Millicent, throwing aside her wraps. "But I don't mean to
kill myself studying, just the same. Time enough for that when exams
draw nigh. They're comfortably far off yet. But I'm in a bit of a
predicament, Worth, and I don't know what to do. Here are two
invitations for Saturday afternoon and I simply _must_ accept them
both. Now, how can I do it? You're a marvel at mathema