126 TRUE RICHES; OR, her own simple way, as she related her story. ‘Then the lady scolded me, until I was frightened, and tried to keep back the tears all I could. But they would run down my cheeks. A good while after breakfast,” continued Fanny, “‘the man who had met us at the cars came in with another man. They talked with the lady for a good while, looking at me as they spoke. Then they all came around me, and one of the men said— “<¢Don’t be frightened, my little dear. No one will do you any harm; and if you will be a right good girl, and do just as we want you to do, you shall go home to-morrow.’ ’ “T tried not to cry, but the tears came running down my face. Then the other man said sharply— “¢Come now, my little lady, we can’t have any more of this! If you wish to go home again to- morrow, dry your tears at once. There! there! Hush all them sobs. No one is going to do you any harm.’ “T was so frightened at the way the man looked and talked, that I stopped crying at once. “