May comes to the Rescue. 161

 

He spied it directly, and it was
not empty; for mother had quite
forgotten to put it away. Johnny
only meant to look, of course ; for
he knew very well that it was steal-
ing to take a lump of sugar without
leave.

If May had come down with him,
she would have put it away into the
cupboard at once, and locked the
door ; but there were some things to
put tidy upstairs; and she waited a
few minutes before she followed him.
Oh, May May! if you had only
known !

So Johnny stood and gazed at the
lumps of sugar. How delicious
they did lookmte™ be ‘sure! 7 ilis

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