"I guess I must be goin'." "Good-day," said Lois.

"I'm much obliged to you for bringing me home." "You're welcome." Amanda nodded politely when he withdrew, but Mrs.Field never looked at him.

She stood with her eyes fixed upon Lois.
"What are you looking at me so for, mother ?" said Lois, impatiently, turning her own face away.
Mrs.Field sank down on her knees before the sofa.

"Oh, my child!" she wailed.

"My child! my child!" She threw her arms around the girl's slender waist, and clung to her convulsively.