GRANDMOTHER’S PETS. 35

then folded lovingly in her arms the little granddaughter who had come to her from over
the sea. .

By the time that Maisie was in bed and was receiving her granny’s good-night kiss
she had changed her mind, and thought that England in general and granny’s home in
particular was a very nice, comfortable place after all.

It was Mrs. Prickard’s servant Leah who dressed Maisie the next morning. “As
I used to do to your papa, my dear,’ she told her, “more years ago than I care to
count.”

When Mrs. Prickard heard that her offer to take little Maisie was accepted, she had
held council with Leah as to how they were to manage, for she could not well
afford the expense of a nurse. Leah was sure that to have a
girl in to help would be much better than giving the little one
into the care of a stranger.
Hannah will be proud to
do for that right enough,
“There’s only one thing

“What is that, Leah ?”
Dandy like having a child |
ma’am ?”
the little dog.
wondering the same

  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

“There’s young
come. We. shall
ma’am,”’ she said.
that’s troubling me.”

“How will Mr.
about the place,

Mr. Dandy was

His mistress had been
thing, but she would not

“They will be nice

They need not have
Dandy would behave to

“Come, Maisie dear,

say so, even to Leah.
playfellows,” she said.
been anxious as to how

his new friend. :
and make acquaint- ance with the gentleman

of the house,” said her grandmother when Maisie came down staits on the first morning.
“Dandy, say good morning to little Maisie.”

Dandy came forward, ready to do his best, and seeing Maisie’s face so nearly within
reach, he made a jump to give her a kiss. ;

Maisie screamed, and clapped her hand to her nose.

“My dear, what is it? did he hurt you?” asked her grandmother.

“No,” said Maisie, ashamed, when she saw his face of anxious inquiry, to tell that she
had thought that he was going to put her nose out of joint. “He wouldn't want to hurt
me, ever, would he, granny ?”

“No indeed, Dandy never wants to hurt any one. You should see how good he is to
the kittens and chickens. Pussy trusts him with her kitten if she wants to go for a walk,
and Dandy takes care of it for her until she comes back.”

As they were sitting together on the rug after breakfast, Maisie whispered to Dandy.
“We don’t want to do nothing to each other’s noses, do we, dear?”

And Dandy wagged his tail and looked so knowing that he must have understood.
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