Ellsworthy; surely Mrs.
Ellsworthy would listen with full credence to the little tale Daisy
would make up about an ogre having stolen away her money, and would
hasten to fill the poor empty little purse from her own abundant
stores. Daisy thought such happy and hopeful thoughts as she was
commencing her weary journey, and then she clasped the basket which
contained the Pink tightly in her little arms, and presently, from
sheer weariness, dropped asleep. When the little head bobbed forward
two or three times a good-natured neighbor put her arm round the
child, and after a little even took her into her arms, where Daisy,
after many hours of deep slumber, awoke. The night train to Rosebury
went very slowly, stopping at every little wayside station, and
sometimes seeming to the exasperated passengers scarcely to move at
all; but all these weary hours Daisy slumbered peacefully, and when
she awoke the sun was shining brightly, and a new day had begun.
"Well, my dear, you have had a hearty sleep," said the good-natured
woman; "and where are you bound, if I may make so bold as to ask,
little miss?"
"I am going to Rosebury," said Daisy. "Oh! how kind of you to let me
sleep in your arms.
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