But I must leave you now, for the firm gets very uneasy in my absence." Simon shouldered his bundle again, and moved off, and Katy walked towards home, wondering why a person of so much importance to the Messrs.

Sands & Co.

should be permitted to degrade himself by carrying bundles.

When she got home, she found her mother in a very cheerful frame of mind, the result of her reading and meditation.
"Well.

Katy, you come back with an empty tray have you sold all your candy ?" asked Mrs.Redburn, as she entered the room.
"Yes, mother, every stick.