So I did,--and everything seemed to be all right.

I decided I had been foolishly nervous about it,--and I took Fleurette down on the porch for a little while.
"Then that man came and demanded her! I was alone, except for Janet,--who is no good in an emergency,--and Mr.Merritt was very determined.

If I hadn't thought of the phonograph I don't know what I should have done, for that man is quite capable of taking Baby away from my arms by main force.

But I happened to think I could fool him,--as I couldn't combat him,--so I put on the crying record to make him think we were still in the library,--and I scooted over to Gales' with the baby as fast as I could run.

Then I came back--" "Weren't you afraid of him ?" asked Patty, shuddering at the thought of Azalea at the mercy of the infuriated man.
"No; I know him, and he isn't a brute or a ruffian.