"Poor Maddy! I dread tellin' her the most, she was so sure," grandpa

whispered, as he stopped before the office door, where Maddy waited

for him.

But Maddy's disappointment was keener than his own, and so after the

sorrowful words, "and I failed, too," he bent himself to comfort the

poor child, who, leaning her throbbing head against his shoulder,

sobbed bitterly, as in the soft spring twilight they drove back to the

low red cottage where grandma waited for them.




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