14/26 "Why, that's a mile or more from here." "So that's where he is!" interposed Larson, hurrying forward. "Doggone the little rascal! He must 'a' slipped away while we was eatin' breakfast." "Yes. But, Simeon,--Mr.Higgins,--we hadn't ought to let him go like that," appealed Mrs.Holly tremulously. "Your wife said Mollie said she found him crying at the crossroads, because he didn't know which way to take. He said he was going back home. |