slumber when I heard a commotion in the girls' room across the hall.
Their door opened and through our own open door I saw Felicity's white-clad figure flit down the stairs to Aunt Janet's room. From the room she had left came moans and cries.
"Cecily's sick," said Dan, springing out of bed. "That cucumber must have disagreed with her."
In a few minutes the whole household was astir. Cecily was sick—very, very sick, there was no doubt of that. She was even worse than Dan had been when he had eaten the bad berries. Uncle Alec, tired as he was from his hard day's work and evening outing, was despatched for the doctor. Aunt Janet and Felicity administered all the homely remedies they could think of, but to no effect. Felicity told Aunt Janet of the cucumber, but Aunt Janet did not think the cucumber alone could be responsible for Cecily's alarming condition.
"Cucumbers are indigestible, but I never knew of them making any one as sick as this," she said anxiously. "What made the child eat a cucumber before going to bed? I didn't think she liked them."
"It was that wretched Peter," sobbed Felicity indignantly. "He told her it would make her dream something extra."
"What on earth did she want to dream for?" demanded Aunt Janet in bewilderment.
"Oh, to have something worth while to write in her dream book, ma. We all have dream books, you
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