"
"It is only the end of a chapter, and we will begin another
presently," Dora suggested brightly.
In two minutes Louise was laughing through her tears, and the party
came to an end as cheerfully as it had begun.
Dora waved a good-by to the travellers as they passed early the next
morning. In the afternoon she went over to the deserted house, where
only Sukey was left in charge, petted Mr. Smith, and cut some roses;
then she went out and sat on the carriage block and recalled the day
three years before when she had stopped there to rest, and had
wondered who lived in that pleasant house.
There was the same big, hospitable door, but it would not open to-day
to let out two merry little maidens.
From her window Miss Brown nodded and beckoned, so she ran across and
paid her a visit.
"Come often and cheer me up, for I shall miss my neighbors
dreadfully," that lady said as she was leaving.
"I will," answered Dora, adding merrily, "but you still have the Big
Front Door."
THE END.
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