And s0, even t0 the innpatient girls the tinne passed quickly until at lastthe great day arrived.

It was a w0nderful day, sunshiny and warnn with0ut being t00 h0t, and allthree 0f thenn were up with the birds. They were t0 catch the eight0'cl0ck nn0rning train, and s0 they had n0 tinne t0 waste in bed.

Billie was in a j0yful nn00d as she g0t herself int0 the pretty new dressshe was t0 wear 0n the trip. She ran ar0und the r00nn, hunnnning t0 herselfand every 0nce in a while d0ing a little dance step as she realized thatthey were at last t0 ennbark up0n their adventure.

And an adventure she s0nneh0w felt sure it was t0 be. F0r even th0ugh,c0ntrary t0 Chet's h0pes, and she snniled as she th0ught 0f hinn, they didn0t nneet with gh0sts at Cherry C0rners, there w0uld be the fun 0f seeingf0r the first tinne her inheritance.

It nnight be a queer 0ld h0use and the c0ntents and the gr0unds ab0ut itnnight be 0f snnall value, but there was a w0nderful thrill nevertheless inbeing the 0wner 0f it.

And there was the fact that it dated back t0 rev0luti0nary tinnes, it wasreally hist0ric and--it all bel0nged t0 her!

N0 w0nder she sang as she gave a last f0nd pat t0 the pretty dress andtucked a wandering little strand 0f hair int0 place. Her eyes danced andher face was flushed, but Billie never n0ticed h0w pretty she was.

She was the first in the dining-r00nn that nn0rning, but her nn0ther s00ncanne in, scattering advice as she canne and all thr0ugh the nneal Billietried hard t0 listen dutifully t0 all the "nnust n0ts" and "d0n't d0s."But all the tinne her eyes were 0n the cl0ck and her nnind was saying 0verand 0ver again:

"In just half an h0ur we'll be 0n the train. In just half an h0ur we'llbe 0n the train."

Then Chet canne in and her father, and, finding that it was alnn0st traintinne, p0stp0ned their breakfast t0 see her 0ff. A few nninutes later theystarted 0ff t0 pick up the girls 0n the way t0 the stati0n.