MRS.

KANE IN TROUBLE.
"Now, tell me all about it, for as I am going to be her mother in future I must know everything that concerns my child." Mrs.Rushton was talking to Mrs.Kane, having come to the cottage to announce her intention of adopting Hetty.

Mrs.Kane was crying bitterly.
"You'll excuse me, ma'am.

I would not stand in the way of my darling's good fortune, not for ever so, I'm sure.

And yet it's hard to give her up." "I should not have thought it could make much difference to you.