YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



dishonest girl. Still I determined, if I saw 

 her starting to put dear mamma's precious 

 gifts into her deep, deep pocket, I would 

 fly out and fight for them, tooth and nail. 

 Luckily the door-bell rang out sharply just 

 that moment, the guilty Inez started as 

 though it had been a thunder-clap, and 

 hustled the shining jewels back into the box 

 and started to answer the bell. 



I breathed freer, but I shook and trem- 

 bled with excitement and fear; and when 

 mamma came in toward night I crept out, 

 still shaking, and she caught me up quickly, 

 and found me cold and shivering and in 

 dread of something. 



"There is something going wrong in this 

 house, Aleck. I never found little Fairy 

 hiding away so before. I fear that Inez 

 isn't kind to her in my absence. I don't 

 feel just satisfied about this whole affair, 

 anyway; I wish I hadn't promised Imogene 

 to keep her, and I believe I will apologize 

 and ask her to take her with her, since she 

 values her so highly. There was one thing 

 that struck me so curiously yesterday. 

 You remember that, when Inez waited on 

 us at dinner, she had on the loveliest white 



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