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I opened the door. I thought it was Adeline and Raymond, and then I saw these strange people. I don't know how they got in." "We came in the door," said Gladys, with some asperity, "and we are lookin' for M'ria's little sister. Be you her ma-in-law's cousin?" "I don't know who these people are," the young woman said, faintly, to the man. "I think they must be burglars."
"He always seems as if he was measuring me for my coffin somehow. Pa-in-law's afraid of him; pa-in-law's, a-hem! never mind, but ma-in-law's a trump, Mrs. Lightfoot." "Indeed my lady was;" and Mrs. Lightfoot owned, with a sigh, that perhaps it had been better for her had she never left her mistress. "No, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell: the reason why I can not tell," continued Mr.
"Burglars, nothin'!" said Gladys, who had suddenly assumed the leadership of the party. Opposition and suspicion stimulated her. She loved a fight. "Be you her ma-in-law's cousin, and have you got her little sister?" Wollaston looked inquiringly at Maria, who was very pale. "It isn't Her cousin," she gasped. "I don't know who she is. I never saw her."
"Her and me went up to her ma-in-law's cousin's, on Forty-ninth Street, to find the kid," Gladys cut in, glibly, "but the cousin had moved." Harry stared at them. "Why, how happened you to do such a thing?" he asked. "I couldn't wait home and not do anything," Maria sobbed, nervously. "Her ma-in-law's cousin had moved," said Gladys. "How did you find your way?"
"He always seems as if he was measuring me for my coffin somehow. Pa-in-law's afraid of him; pa-in-law's, ahem! never mind, but ma-in-law's a trump, Mrs. Lightfoot." "Indeed my Lady was," and Mrs. Lightfoot owned, with a sigh, that perhaps it had been better for her had she never left her mistress. "No, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell; the reason why I cannot tell," continued Mr.
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