The
dear child was determined not to ask help from any one, not even from
you, Primrose, and she made a valiant effort to support herself on her
tiny earnings. Alas, her purse was all too soon emptied, and she had
also upon her the awful load of debt, for Poppy Jenkins it seems, lent
her the money to get that rubbishy story published. In her despair she
thought of _The Joy-bell_, and went off to see the editor.
"She was met at the office (poor child, how she could venture there
alone is a mystery to me) with the intelligence that _The Joy-bell_
had ceased to exist, and the editor had decamped with poor Poppy's
wages.
"Luckily I came home that evening, and found your poor little sister
in sad trouble. I am thankful to say I have been able to relieve her
present necessities without the slightest inconvenience to myself.
Jasmine has been greatly shaken, but she is better again now, and is
most anxious that you should not be troubled. I only tell you this
much, dear Primrose, because I consider it my bounden duty that you
should know how matters really stand. Rest happy about Poppy; her
money has been returned to her, and Jasmine has sufficient for her
present necessities.
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