. A little queen of hearts; an international story . t you please tell me everything about the race, fromthe start to the _/£///>//, proud to show that she remembered the termsshe had heard him use ; and only too glad of the opportunity, Chrisproceeded to give a graphic narrative of all the details of the excitingcontest. Wide-eyed and interested, Marie-Celeste sat and listened,furtively scanning the street now and then for fear of interruptionby some of the children of the neighborhood. Have you told any of the others? she asked eagerly, when thestorys end had been reached, and hoping in h
. A little queen of hearts; an international story . t you please tell me everything about the race, fromthe start to the _/£///>//, proud to show that she remembered the termsshe had heard him use ; and only too glad of the opportunity, Chrisproceeded to give a graphic narrative of all the details of the excitingcontest. Wide-eyed and interested, Marie-Celeste sat and listened,furtively scanning the street now and then for fear of interruptionby some of the children of the neighborhood. Have you told any of the others? she asked eagerly, when thestorys end had been reached, and hoping in her heart of hearts thatshe was to have the pleasure of imparting news of such paramountimportance to the neighborhood. Never a one; I dodged a crowd of them round the corner therefor the sake of telling you first; wherefrom it was easy to discoverthat Mr. Hartley had a somewhat partial regard for his earnest littlelistener. It was a decidedly partial regard, for that matter, and withreason. Had any other child friend along his route, no matter how. THE LARGEST YET, MARIE-CELESTE. 22 A LITTLE QUEEN OF HEARTS. friendly, questioned him day after day as to how he was getting onwith his training for the race? Had any other among them promisedto be on hand at the latest delivery on the afternoon succeeding it,so as to learn just what the issue had been, and at a time when hewould be able to stop and tell about it ? Would any one else in theworld have thought of suggesting that he should give three shortlittle whistles when he reached the Browns, in Remsen Street, sothat she should know just how near he was? Surely no one; and itwas just this surpassing interest in every living body, to the utterforgetting of all that concerned herself, that made Marie-Celestedifferent from other children, that made everybody love her, and thatmakes it worth while for me to try to tell this story of one summerin her blessed little life. Well, Im just as glad as I can be, she said joyously when atlast
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