YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



That's right, Imogene, cheer up! You 

 shall have the jewels back, or I'll buy you as 

 many more. But that Seeforth is a regular 

 hound for tracking game. I think too, 

 Imogene, that instead of staying home and 

 worrying and wondering, you had better 

 take the two babies and run down into the 

 country to mother's, and I'll follow, and let 

 Becky and Inez have a few days' vacation.' 



'I should love to, John, but I am dread- 

 fully afraid I should lose Inez if I let her 

 loose. I wonder if Stella wouldn't take her 

 a few days, till she gets her new girl ? - you 

 know her little Ellie has just got married. ' 



Just then I started to hear my own mam- 

 ma's voice on the veranda. ' Excuse me, 

 Imogene, but is my little Fairy here? I 

 never knew her to stay away from me so 

 long, although she and Skippum both came 

 to my room some hours ago and scolded 

 loud and long about the iceman.' 



I bounded into her arms- -it seemed so 

 good, after the strange experiences of the 

 afternoon. I had been so excited with help- 

 ing Skippum that I had forgotten it was 

 growing late. 



Then mamma listened, with wondering 



