YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



words, and we understood well enough she 

 was speaking slightingly of us, and we, too, 

 screamed out angrily in our own language, 

 and said: 



; ' You'll find out one of these fine days 

 what we 'two silly little dogs' know, Miss 

 High-and-mighty. We know - - know 

 know, and we've bow-wow-wowed it all out 

 to your little 'know-nothing man' already!" 



Mother Wakeman jumped half out of her 

 chair, but as the baby woke and began to 

 cry, she said: 



" Oh, you dear, good, thoughtful Inez - 

 and his own mother forgot him! Those 

 awful men are in that woods now, burying 

 my bag of jewels under a tree, and if he had 

 flown round and done his duty he might 

 have caught 'em at it. But thank goodness 

 they haven't got my baby; I've got him left. 

 Bring him here to me, Inez. I want to feel 

 him right close in my arms." 



So the baby was brought, and with a 

 sudden turn of feeling mother Wakeman 

 laughed away her tears, and father Wake- 

 man, when he came in just then, was quite 

 thankful that they could gather so cheerfully 

 around the tea-table. 



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