102 The Cottage on the Chiff.

 

—both dogs had gone off with
Harry—and she had heard Susette
call Jane gently, and then they had
whispered outside the door some-
thing about Gus and the dog; and ©
after that she had heard Gus run
off under the window, the dog
barking joyfully and going, too.
How we lay and trembled! By and
by I got out of bed, and peeped
through the Venetians, in spite of
Lottie’s entreaties.

| “Oh, Sissy, please don’t! Su-
sette will be so angry! Please,
Sissy, come back !”

I protested that. Susette was
not my nurse, yet I knew she could