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the other way about, and if this one got there last, then . . . But still it went on raining.

You see, it was the day she was going to India. Her Father and Mother lived in India, and she remembered them quite well. At first she remembered they were black, because all Indians were black, and then when Aunt Mary told her they were white, she remembered how white they were. She was to live with Aunt Mary until they came home, which was next year, and sometimes she got tired of waiting.

"Couldn't they come to-morrow?" she asked.

"Not to-morrow," said Aunt Mary, "because they are very busy, but it won't be long now."

Then Jane Ann had her lovely idea. If they were too busy to come to her, she would go to them.

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