Chapter 16 LADYBIRD TRIUMPHANT

"Mr. Humphreys," said Miss Priscilla Flint, "I cannot tell you how sorry I am that my niece should have been guilty of this escapade; but I beg you to believe that we regret it sincerely, and that she shall be appropriately punished."

"Oh, don't punish her!" said the young man, impetuously. "I'm very sure she had no other thought than a kind int