Chapter 9—Phebe's Secret
“ Why do you keep smiling to yourself, Phebe?” asked Rose, as they were working together one morning, for Dr. Alec considered house-work the best sort of gymnastics for girls; so Rose took lessons of Phebe in sweeping, dusting and bed-making.
“ I was thinking about a nice little secret I know, and couldn't help smiling.”
“ Shall I know it, sometime?”
“ Guess you will.”
“ Shall I like it?”
“ Oh, won't you, though!”
“ Will it happen soon?”
“ Sometime this week.”
“ I know what it is! The boys are going to have fireworks on the fourth, and have got some surprise for me. Haven't they?”
“ That's telling.”
“ Well, I can wait; only tell me one thing is uncle in it?”
“ Of course he is; there's never any fun without him.”
“ Then it's al
