"I just thought of something." The convulsed Morgan made a heroiceffort to control her laughter and failed completely. "0h, kids,"she cried, wiping her eyes, "here you are bickering about the brideand the minister, and not one of us thought of the bridegroom. Weleft him out!"

Louise and Bobby rolled over on the bed and had their laugh out.Libbie collapsed on the floor, and Esther leaned against the bureau,laughing till she cried.

"They say the bridegroom isn't important at a wedding, but I neverheard of ignoring him altogether," gasped Bobby, and then they wereoff again.

They made so much noise that Mrs. Littell tapped on the door to askwhy they were not in bed, and when Bobby told her the joke, she hadto sit down and laugh, too.

"I'll send you up some sponge cake and milk if you'll promise to goright to sleep after that," she told them, kissing each one goodnight all over again. "Libbie shall at least have the wedding cake,if she can't have a wedding."