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ID you sleep well, Miss Blossom?" asked Bettie, shyly waylaying the lodger who was on her way to breakfast.

"Ye—es," said Miss Blossom, smiling brightly, "but in spite of your warning and all my care, the bottom dropped out of my bed and landed the mattress on the floor, but no harm was done. As soon as I discovered that I was not falling down an elevator shaft, I went to sleep again. I think if I had a few nails and some little blocks of wood I could fix those slats so they'd stay in better; you see they're not quite long enough for the bed."

"I'll find some for you," said Bettie. "You'll find them on the parlour table when you get back."

Before the week was over over the girls had 85