He drew little Bessie towards him, and set her on his knee.

She shook her yellow curls out of her eyes, and looked up at him as she said,--'Zoo tome to tee ze yady?
Zoo mek her peak?
What zoo do to her?
Tiss her ?' 'Do you like to be kissed, Bessie ?' 'Det,' said Bessie, immediately ducking down her head very low, in resistance to the expected rejoinder.
'We've got two pups,' said young Daniel, emboldened by observing the gentleman's amenities towards Bessie.

'Shall I show 'em yer?
One's got white spots.' 'Yes, let me see them.' Daniel ran out, and presently reappeared with two blind puppies, eagerly followed by the mother, affectionate though mongrel, and an exciting scene was beginning when Dorcas returned and said,--'There's niver any difference in her hardly.

I think you needn't wait, sir.

She lies very still, as she al'ys does.