{{betlep135.png}} "Did Rosie ever speak of a brother, or cousin, or any relative at all?" asked Betty. "Never a word about any one. I never knew anybody as close-mouthed as Rosie. She was asked all sorts of questions by the folks around here, of course, but she never let them get well enough acquainted to keep it up. I didn't need but a hint myself. I let folks tell what they want to. I like to keep my own business to myself if I can with all these!" Mrs. Woods nodded at the children as she spoke. "I wish I'd seen Rosie," thoughtfully said Betty, But it was time to say good-bye and go on to the next duty or pleasure; for this had been a very "Christmasy" day, the girls de- clared. There had been the last rehearsal for the Christmas play, when the performers were "actually" excused from classes if they had any the "last two bells" or periods. Tomorrow morning the play would be given in two assembly gatherings, in order that the whole school might see it. And that night would listen to the carols. "Why did you ask about Rosie Sevilla's rela- tives?" asked Kathryn of Betty, and Betty for the first time told about the name on the letter from Ramon. "It may not mean anything and again it [[135]]