YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



fluttered, I couldn't find my hat, and then 

 the baby's bonnet-string came off in my 

 fingers when I went to tie it, and I had to 

 stop and sew that on; then those pesky little 

 dogs had to run a mouse out of the closet, 

 right over my feet, and scare me and the baby 

 most to death." 



" Oh, never mind, Inez, you did well to be 

 so quick," said Mistress Wakeman. 'You 

 may start now, Dennie." 



We were barking and pouncing our little 

 fore feet from side to side, begging her to 

 come back; she did turn again toward us, as 

 the horses started up, and say: "I never 

 heard those little things make such an ado 

 about a mouse before. Are you sure, Inez, 

 there's nothing more the matter?" 



"Nothing, that I could see, madam," an- 

 swered Inez, and turned away her burning 

 cheeks and downcast eyes from the mistress, 

 and set about soothing the baby. We were full 

 of wrath and fear as the carriage rolled away. 



We rushed to the kitchen and pulled old 

 Becky, the cook, by the dress and tried hard 

 to get her to come, but she only shook us off, 

 and said, in her kind, crooning way, for she 

 never scolded us to mean it: 



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