ABOUT a week after this, there came such a tremendous ring at the bell,
that both the fat cook and the waiter rushed to the door, and when it
was opened, there stood the postman! bawling out, "A letter for Miss
Bella Curtis! Two cents!"
How Miss Bella Curtis did scamper for her two cents to pay the postman!
and how delighted she looked when he gave her the letter! The postman
thought there must at least be a gold watch inside of it, she seemed so
pleased.
Bella tore the envelope all to pieces in her hurry to open her letter;
and then she fell over sideways from the little bench in her hurry to
sit down--but at last she was settled as still as you could expect under
such delightful circumstances--and Edith read this.