"What shall I say to Aunt Harriet?" she asked, rather uneasily, feeling it was odd that this one of the family should be the first one told of her mighty secret. "I should say you'd better tell her, and get the credit of it," he returned, "for she certainly will guess." "Why? I could tell her you had come to buy the house." "But you look so happy. What would you tell her to explain that?" It is in this way that some long-suffering men avenge the wrongs of years. TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: With the following exceptions, the author's original spelling, use of hyphens, and other punctuation have been left unchanged. Obvious printer errors and typographical errors have been corrected without comment. In addition to obvious errors, the following changes have been made: Page 52: "havn't" was changed to "haven't" in the phrase: "... haven't done anything...." Page 138: "mighn't" was changed to "mightn't" in the phrase: "... who mightn't yet...." Page 191: The words "waters plashed" were changed to "water splashed". Page 263: "hear" was changed to "heard" in the phrase, "... she had heard...." Page 283: Extra word (upon) was removed in the phrase, "... little way upon upon the...." Page 345: "gaze" was changed to "gauze" in the phrase, "... in gauze de Chambery...." End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Missy, by Miriam Coles Harris