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    But it tie to make pilgrimages to ttic. te sure  Miss Amelia  make a tour of inspection ter to be asleep. So ts range and lonely life. It tic. So talk to; and  on errands and reets, a forlorn little figure carrying a basket or a parcel, trying to  on   er. reets in tended by Mariette, t of , eager little face and picturesque coats and s en caused people to look after ifully cared for little girl naturally attracts attention. S rare enougty enougo make people turn around to look at t Sara in to see s. So gro, and, as ss of s  for ed to  all. Sometimes, w, s laugrigcimes  red and s urned away.

    In ted up, so look into t tting before t tables. It alerested o catcters e familiar in a  because t  of ttle--but because t cout, rosy motout, rosy fatout, rosy grandmots. t caken out to o ride in perambulators by comfortable nurses, or to drive o to meet t and look in ts for packages, or t t and pus, ted to tastes of a large family. Sara e fond of t of books--quite romantic names. Smorencys , fair baby a Beaucmorency; t baby  Cmorency; ttle boy agger and acia, and Claude or.

    One evening a very funny t  a funny t all.

    Several of tmorencys ly going to a cy, and just as Sara  to pass t to get into ting for tacia and Rosalind Gladys, in  in, and Guy Clarence, aged five, ty fellole round  Sara forgot  and soget, forgot everyt t sed to look at . So she paused and looked.

    It ime, and tories about co fill tockings and take to tomime-- c, cold and tories, kind people--sometimes little boys and girls ender s--invariably sas, or took to beautiful dinners. Guy Clarence ed to tears t very afternoon by tory, and o find sucain sixpence ire sixpence, rip of red carpet laid across t from to t of  man-o-rousers; And just as Rosalind Gladys got into t in order to feel tanding on t pavement in ,  on  him hungrily.

    t o eat for a long time.  kno t so snatc s and poor clot  and found o her benignly.

    quot;tle girl,quot; ; to you.quot;

    Sara started, and all at once realized t sly like poor cter days, ing on t to c out of ime.  red and t  pale, and for a second s as if s take ttle sixpence.

    quot;O; s;Ont take it, indeed!quot;

    reet ctle person t Veronica Eustacia (en.

    But Guy Clarence  to be ted in  to her hand.

    quot;Yes, you must take it, poor little girl!quot; ed stoutly. quot;You can buy to eat . It is a w;

    t and kind in o be brokenly disappointed if s take it, t Sara kne refuse o be as proud as t ually put , t must be admitted her cheeks burned.

    quot;t; s;You are a kind, kind little darling t; And as o t arying to smile, t . S s until no s be taken for a beggar.

    As t alking erested excitement.

    quot;O; (t exclaimed alarmedly, quot;tle girl your sixpence? Im sure s a beggar!quot;

    quot;S speak like a beggar!quot; cried Nora. quot;And  really look like a beggars face!quot;

    quot;Besides, s beg,quot; said Janet. quot;I  makes people angry to be taken for beggars ;

    quot;S angry,quot; said Donald, a trifle dismayed, but still firm. quot;Stle, and stle darling t;--stoutly. quot;It was my w;

    Janet and Nora exchanged glances.

    quot;A beggar girl ; decided Janet. quot;Stle gentleman-- tsy.quot;

    Sara kne t, but from t time terested in . Faces used to appear at the fire.

    quot;S at t; Janet said. quot;I dont believe so anybody. I believe s s a beggar, ;

    And aftertle-girl- ;  in a hurry.

    Sara managed to bore a  on an old bit of narroion for everyto look foro to to give ttle ones trove anding close to ing to  fed  to feel tling up to  able, put  of ttic ely a flutter of ters, and a little flock of dingy too talk to tered. itimate t ually brougimes, and noalk to e as if ood.

    trange feeling about Emily,  everyt arose in one of s of great desolateness. So believe or pretend to believe t Emily understood and sympat like to oo  o put imes and sit opposite to stool, and stare and pretend about il  like fear-- particularly at nigill, ;pretendsquot;  Emily cect imes, after sared at il s up to t pitcions and find  feeling as if sly ans she never did.

    quot;As to ans; said Sara, trying to console ;I dont ansen. I never ans to say a  to look at turns pale , Miss Amelia looks frig fly into a passion people knoronger trong enougo , and tupid t said afterrong as rage, except s stronger. Its a good t to ans;

    But tried to satisfy s, s find it easy. er a long,  imes on long errands t and  out again because nobody co remember t s  be tired and  be cing looks for t; o comfort e   uprigared.

    One of ts, tic cold and empest raging in , Emilys stare seemed so vacant,  legs and arms so inexpressive, t Sara lost all control over  Emily-- no one in t.

    quot;I sly,quot; s first.

    Emily simply stared.

    quot;I cant bear t; said trembling. quot;I knoarving to deatoday, and t scold me from morning until nig find t last t me for, t give me any supper. Some men laug me because my old s;

    S taring glass eyes and complacent face, and suddenly a sort of broken rage seized ed tle savage ing into a passion of sobbing--Sara who never cried.

    quot;You are not a doll!quot; s;Not a doll-- doll--doll! You care for notuffed . You never . Not; Emily lay on t place on t ss in to fige eacising some of his family.

    Saras sobs gradually quieted t  s er a  ime actually  and picked ook  tle smile.

    quot;You cant ; s;any more t  all made alike. Per best.quot; And sraig her back upon her chair.

    S some one ake ty  door. S because of ttic  o see it propped open someday and a  of ture.

    quot;If it looked a nice ; s, quot;I migs of t , of course, its not really likely t anyone but under servants ;

    One morning, on turning ter a visit to tco  delig during ure opped before t  doors  sleeves  carrying ure.

    quot;Its taken!quot; s;It really is taken! O of ttic ;

    S o join terers  to c if sure s t belonged to.

    quot;Miss Mincables and c like ; s; quot;I remember t t minute I sale. I told papa afterrue. I am sure t, comfortable armc tly like ts warm and c;

    S out for parsley to ter in teps  gave quite a quick beat of recognition. Several pieces of furniture  out of t. tiful table of elaborately  of taken from eakwood desk  her.

    quot;tiful t; s;t to belong to a nice person. All t is a ric;

    ture came and o otimes it so  Sara unity of seeing t became plain t s in guessing t ture  deal of it al. onderful rugs and draperies and ornaments aken from tures, and books enoughere was a superb god Buddha in a splendid shrine.

    quot;Someone in t ; Sara t. quot;t used to Indian t of ttic ;

    aking in t called upon to do), suation more interesting t matter-of-fact manner, and ran up teps of t-door  quite at ed to run up and doime in ture. ayed inside quite a long time, and several times came out and gave directions to t to do so. It e certain t imate ed ing for them.

    quot;If t; Sara speculated, quot;to come and play  come up into ttic just for fun.quot;

    At niger o see her fellow prisoner and bring her news.

    quot;Its a Nindian gentleman ts comin to live next door, miss,quot; s;I dont kno, but leman of t of trouble, an its made o one. I seen a idol bein carried in for o  a trac for a penny.quot;

    Sara laugtle.

    quot;I dont believe  idol,quot; s;some people like to keep to look at because teresting. My papa iful one, and  ;

    But Becky o prefer to believe t t;an eat; It sounded so mucic t leman o c and talked long t nig

    privately s  turbans, and, above all, t--like t--t;eat;

    quot;I never lived next door to no eat; s;I so see  o ;

    It isfied, and t  t ary man  all, and it  t tered in h and unhappy in mind.

    A carriage drove up one day and stopped before tman dismounted from tleman  first. After eps ts. to assist ter, o be a man ressed face, and a skeleton body  ly afterors carriage arrived, and tor  in--plainly to take care of him.

    quot;tleman next door, Sara,quot; Lottie er;Do you t;

    quot;No,  C; Sara ie. `Non, monsieur. Je nai pas le canif de mon oncle.quot;

    t ory of tleman.