"
A wan smile played over the lovely face, as Mrs. Legrange, laying
her hand upon the boy's, said kindly,--
"If she is not found before then, Teddy, I shall not be here to know
it."
Then going to the drawer, still standing open, she said,--
"May I have some of these little things, Mrs. Ginniss; not all,--for
I know that you love them too,--but some of them?"
So Mrs. Ginniss made a package of the relics; and Teddy asked and
obtained the privilege of carrying it home for his new friend, while
James stalked discontentedly behind.
Upon the way, Mrs. Legrange said quietly, "I left a little money in
the drawer, Theodore. It is to buy you some new clothes, and
whatever else you and your mother need most. And I have just thought
of something else. How would your mother like living in the
country?"
"Very much, ma'am, I think. Her father had a farm in Ireland, and
she is mighty fond of telling about it."
"Well, Mr. Legrange has recently made me a present of a nice old
farmhouse somewhere in the western part of the State, thinking I
might like to go there for a few weeks in the summer. It is a lovely
place, they say; and, if your mother would like it, she might go
there and keep the house for me. A man is going to take care of the
farm, and he could board with her.
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