"We must be off to-morrow, Sue,and you must take her back to Ridgefield at once.

Every summer, for three years, Mr. and Mrs. Bowen had come to Ridgefield for country-air, bringing with them their adopted daughter, whose baptismal name had resigned in favor of the pet appellation "Kitten,"a name better adapted to her nature and aspect than the Impératrice appellation that belonged to her.