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"Elsie," she said, still in that strained voice, as if it were an effort to speak, "put this in the fire, away far back in the fire." "Why, Lena!" answered the child, "I'm forbidden to go near the fire. Did you forget that?"
Mamma wrote Elsie when to look for us, and probably she has let the others know; all of them who have been absent from home this summer returned some days or weeks ago." "And Lester and Elsie brought that orphan niece of his home with them, I suppose. I am inclined to be a warm friend to her, Ned; for I know how to feel for a fatherless child." "As we all do, I trust.
But next day, when Clover happened to be in the room, she heard a sudden exclamation, and turning, there stood Katy, absolutely on her feet. "Papa! papa!" shrieked Clover, rushing down stairs. "Dorry, John, Elsie come! Come and see!" Papa was out, but all the rest crowded up at once. This time Katy found no trouble in "doing it again."
Carmena shook her head and pointed to Lennon. "Let him lead the way up unarmed," she suggested. The advantage of the plan was instantly grasped by the crafty Apache. At his command, two of his men cut loose Lennon's bonds and jerked him to his feet. "Wait, Carmena! Wait!" begged Lennon. "Think of Elsie!" But the girl had already signalled to those above.
There's nothing quite so bad where she is here. But I'll see to-night if my prayer is heard; that will be something; and then I'll begin again, and try to be good, in spite of Aunt Elsie." The cows had not passed the gate. Somebody had opened it for them, and they were now standing or lying in the yard, in the very perfection of animal enjoyment. The girls were not at home to milk them, however.
Joggeli grumbled: there you had it now; now you could see the scheme Uli was working; but he would put a spoke in his wheel. At the same time he did nothing; and in secret he thought that his son, who so often tricked his father, would be served just right if Elsie played the fool and disgraced him by having to marry a servant.
"Won't you please tell Grandma Elsie I'm sorry I was saucy and disobedient to her this morning?" "Yes, dear, I will. And have you not a message for grandpa also?" "Yes; I'm sorry I was naughty and impertinent to him, and for breaking his rules, too. Do you think they'll forgive me, Mamma Vi, and try me again?" "I am sure they will," Violet said.
It happened that Mr. Dinsmore was just then in the library, and the noise soon brought him upon the scene of action. "Who did this?" he asked, in a wrathful tone, looking from one to the other. "Elsie," said Arthur; "she threw it down and broke it." "Troublesome, careless child! I would not have taken a hundred dollars for that vase," he exclaimed.
The day passed as such days usually do, when all parties are amused; and though the conversation might not have been such as altogether suited the intellectual tastes of Mellen and his wife, they were too well-bred for any expression of distaste, and Elsie made even nonsense charming by her brilliant sallies and buoyant spirits.
Mary looked hurt. "I don't know how any one could be so wicked and cruel; especially to such a dear, sweet little girl as Elsie," remarked Carry Howard. "No, nor I," said Harry; "but the more I think about it the more certain I feel that Arthur did really push her down; for now I remember distinctly where she stood, and it seems to me she could not possibly have fallen of herself.
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