37 
A Pleasant Outing 
there was on that boat, and I could not help notic- 
ing what a difference there is in people. Some in 
passing by would look at me sneeringly, and even 
point their fingers ; some would take no notice of 
me at all ; others would smile, and still others 
would bend over and give me a gentle stroke. 
But the children — bless their dear hearts — they all 
had good words for me, and some gave me some- 
thing even better. 
As the sun was going down we arrived at a place 
where the boat stopped and everybody got off. 
Guy put me into my nice bag, and the next thing I 
knew we were in a large room in a great big 
strange house that they called a hotel. Guy got 
me a saucer of milk for my supper, and I slept all 
night on mistress’ bed. 
The next morning we started out right after 
breakfast and took a long ride in a carriage. I 
noticed after we had ridden a while that it was a 
very long distance between houses. Finally we 
stopped at a nice white cottage with green blinds, 
standing in a yard that was so long I could not see 
the next house. They called it a farm. 
The weather being terribly hot, the long ride in 
the carriage had made me very ill ; I could hardly 
