I must not keep you now, or Mrs.Perry may begin to worry about you." "Yes, miss; I think I ought to go back now, and--and thank you, miss, very much." Huldah was so excited she scarcely knew how to get her words out.

A great sense of relief and happiness filled her heart.
If Miss Rose would help her, she felt sure she would be safe and happy; and Dick too.
She almost danced back over the sunny road, in spite of the scorching sun.

Her heart was lighter, she had eighteenpence in her hand to give to Mrs.Perry, and she had a feast for Dick.

Life seemed beautiful, and happy, and hopeful.

Could it have been only yesterday morning that she was in that dreadful caravan, bruised, hungry, miserable, and desperate to escape?
It seemed impossible! Suddenly, around the bend of the road ahead of her, appeared the head and shoulders of a white horse,--and instantly all her world changed.
Her heart almost stood still with fright; then, with a low cry of despair, she scrambled over the hedge and into a field on the other side of it.