Teks asli (Inggris)

CHAPTER I ONE GIRL'S IDEAL OF LIFE It was an attractive picture that Martin Jocelyn looked upon through the open doorway of his parlor. His lively daughter Belle had invited half a score of her schoolmates to spend the evening, and a few privileged brothers had been permitted to come also. The young people were naturally selecting those dances which had some of the characteristics of a romp, for they were at an age when motion means enjoyment. Miss Belle, eager and mettlesome, sto