"Why, Anna Eastman, who would have expected to see you here?" cried
Betty, in accents of pleased surprise, springing up to embrace the
stranger.

Then she introduced her to Elsie, Violet, and Captain Raymond, who
happened to be sitting near, as an old school friend.

"And you didn't know I was on the island?" remarked Miss Eastman
laughingly to Betty, when the introductions were over.

"I hadn't the least idea of it. When did you arrive?"

"Several days since--last Monday; and this is Friday. By the way, I saw
you on Tuesday, though you did not see me."

"How and where?" asked Betty in surprise, not remembering at the moment
how she had spent that day.

"At Sankaty Lighthouse; I was in a carriage out on the green in front of
the lighthouse, and saw you and that little girl yonder (nodding in
Lulu's direction) come out on the top of the tower; then a puff of wind
took the child's skirts, and I fairly screamed with fright, expecting to
see her fall and be crushed to death; but somebody jerked her back
within the window just in time to save her. Weren't you terribly
frightened, dear?" she asked, addressing Lulu.

"Of course I was," Lulu answered in an ungracious tone; then rose and
sauntered away along the beach. "What did she tell it for, hateful
thing!" she muttered to herself; "now papa knows it, and what will he
say and do to me?"