Crossword-Solution: HILDY 5 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

Barkdale, "go up and tell the gentlemen that breakfast is ready." In a few moments the old woman returned in a fluster and said, "I knock on de doah, and dey ain't no answer." "What!" exclaimed Suwanee, in the accents of surprise; then, sharply, "go and knock louder, and wake them up," adding, "it's very strange." Hildy came back with a scared look, and said, "I knock and knock; den I open de doah, and der' ain't no one dere." "They must be out in the grounds for a walk," exclaimed Roberta.

While she was there old Hildy crept in, with her feeble step, and whispered, "I foun' dis un'er Cap'n Lane's piller." It was but a scrap of paper, unaddressed; but Suwanee understood its significance.

PAGE "SHE GLANCED INTO THE LONG CHEVAL-GLASS" (_See page 32_) _Frontispiece_ "SHE PUSHED THE BUSHES ASIDE AND CAME TOWARDS HIM" 47 "SHE BENT IN REAL DISTRESS OVER THE CURRANTS" 89 "SHE FLUNG THE CORN IN GOLDEN SHOWERS ON THEIR HEADS" 117 "THE PALE GIRL MADE NO ATTEMPT TO RISE" 155 "'SAY, MISS HILDY,--DO YOU LIKE PURPS?'" 205 "EACH TOOK A SKIMMER AND SET EARNESTLY TO WORK" 227 "'TAKE IT AND OPEN IT!'" 267 QUEEN HILDEGARDE.

Presently the boy raised his head and cried joyfully, "I've fetched him, Miss Hildy! I know it, now, jest like pie!" Whereupon he stood up, and assuming a military attitude, submitted to a severe geographical catechising, and came off with flying colors.

When did it happen, Miss Hildy?" "Oh! a long time ago," said Hildegarde; "near the end of the sixteenth century.