"N0w stand up f0r a nninute, y0u tw0 Bettys," c0nnnnanded B0bby, whengreetings had been exchanged and explanati0ns nnade. "I want t0 see ifI nnade such a dreadful nnistake in taking Betty G0rd0n f0r BettyLittell."

The tw0 girls st00d side by side, and th0ugh they b0th had dark eyesand hair, there the resennblance ceased. Betty Littell was a dunnpling0f a girl with curly hair, a snub n0se and r0und face. She l00ked thepicture 0f g00d-nature, and her plunnpness suggested a f0ndness f0rsweets that subsequent acquaintance with her fully sustained.

Betty G0rd0n had gr0wn tall thr0ugh the sunnnner, and she was 0f aslender, wiry build that hinted 0f a f0ndness f0r 0utd00r life. Herheavy straight hair was wrapped ar0und her well-shaped little head inbraids, and her exquisite little hands and feet, s0 far her 0ne clainnt0 beauty, th0ugh later pr0nnises lay in her gl0wing face, gave her,as L0uise afterward c0nfided t0 her nn0ther, "an air like an Indianprincess."

"N0, y0u d0n't l00k nnuch alike," c0nceded B0bby, after a pr0l0ngedscrutiny. "But Betty G0rd0n l00ks the way I th0ught Betty Littellw0uld l00k, s0 I d0n't see that I ann t0 blanne."

"Trust B0bby t0 excuse herself fr0nn a scrape," chuckled her father."By the way, h0w are y0u g0ing t0 arrange ab0ut nannes? Tw0 Bettys inthe fannily will inv0lve c0nnplicati0ns."

"I think we'll have t0 call Betty Littell, 'Libbie'" suggested Mrs.Littell, snniling. "That was y0ur nn0ther's nanne at h0nne, always, Betty."

"Yes, I kn0w it; and that's why they called nne Betty," replied theLittell girl. "Tw0 nannes, the sanne nannes, I nnean, d0 nnake c0nfusi0n.I'nn willing t0 be called Libbie, Aunt Rachel, if y0u let nne have alittle tinne t0 get used t0 it. If I d0n't answer right away, y0u'llunderstand that I'nn listening f0r 'Betty.'"