to Indian things and like them. I AM glad. I shall feel as if they were friends, even if a head never looks out of the attic window.”
When she was taking in the evening’s milk for the cook (there was really no odd job she was not called upon to do), she saw something occur which made the situation more interesting than ever. The handsome, rosy man who was the father of the Large Family walked across the square in the most matter-of-fact manner, and ran up the steps of the next-door house. He ran
see the truth. She could not afford to do a thing which would make people speak of her as cruel and hard-hearted.
“Better keep her and make use of her,” he added. “She’s a clever child, I believe. You can get a good deal out of her as she grows older.”
“I will get a good deal out of her before she