out only one night
between Baltimore and our destination. Besides yourself,
Aunt Betty and I, there will be only Gerald, Aurora, his
sister, Jim Barlow, and Ephraim, who will be camp cook, and
general man-of-all-work.

"Now write me, dear girlie, and say that you will arrive
immediately, for I am just dying with anxiety to see you,
and to clasp you in my arms. Jim is already here, having
traveled to Canada with Ephy to bring me safely home. As if
a girl of my mature age couldn't travel alone! However, it
was one of Aunt Betty's whims, she being in too ill health
to come herself, so I suppose it is all right. Dear auntie
will improve I feel sure--now that I am back. That may sound
conceited, but I assure you it was not meant to. We are just
wrapped up in each other--that's all. The outing will do her
good, and will, I am sure, restore in a measure her
shattered health.

"And oh, I forgot to tell you! I am to have violin lessons
after my vacation from the famous Herr Deichenberg,
Baltimore's finest musician, whom Aunt Betty had especially
engaged before my return. No one can better appreciate than
you just what this means to me. My greatest ambition has
been to become a fine violinist, and now my hopes bid fair
to be realized. I know it rests with me to a great extent
just how far up the ladder I go, and am resolved that Herr
Deichenberg, before he is through with me, shall declare me
the greatest pupil he has ever had. It takes courage to
write that--and _mean_ it--Molly, dear; but if we don't make
such resolves and stick to them, we will never amount to
much, I fear.

"My first meeting with the Herr Professor will be within the
next few days, and I am looking eagerly forward to the time.
Aunt Betty says he has the dearest sort of a studio in a
quiet part of the city, where he puts his pupils through a
course of sprouts and brings out all the latent energy--or,
temperament, I suppose you would call it.

"Well, Molly, dear, you must admit that this is a long
letter for my first day home, especially when I am tired
from the journey, and have stopped my dressing to write you.
So don't disappoint me, but write--or wire--that you are
starting at once. Tell the dear Judge we hope his health has
improved to such an ext