. Things will take a turn : a story for children . lizabeth,then of the footman with the stiff neck, and last,not least, of grand-dad and Mr. Jones. Shehad made many new friends, and seen many beau-tiful things, but her heart was faithful to the oldfriends and the old familiar things she loved. The house may be very grand, she said toherself, but its not like our book-shop. Theremay be many beautiful ornaments about, but Idont care for them as much as for our dear second-hand books. And those stuffed birds under theglass case! Why, Mr. Jones has real birds, andof course they are better than st
. Things will take a turn : a story for children . lizabeth,then of the footman with the stiff neck, and last,not least, of grand-dad and Mr. Jones. Shehad made many new friends, and seen many beau-tiful things, but her heart was faithful to the oldfriends and the old familiar things she loved. The house may be very grand, she said toherself, but its not like our book-shop. Theremay be many beautiful ornaments about, but Idont care for them as much as for our dear second-hand books. And those stuffed birds under theglass case! Why, Mr. Jones has real birds, andof course they are better than stuffed ones! She could not resist running into Mr. Jonessshop just to tell him the good news. Mr. Jones! she cried. I cant wait becausegrand-dad will be wanting his dinner, but Ive soldyour piping bullfinch for you, and the footman iscoming to fetch it to-morrow. Mr. Jones, Im soglad, arent you? s4 Things will Take a Turn. Mr. Jones made no answer, but catching hold ofboth her hands, whirled her round and round,until she called out to him to The Wonderful Parrot. 85 CHAPTER VI. THE WONDERFUL PARROT. So the junior partner of the second-hand book-shop went backwards and forwards to the grandhouse in Grosvenor Square. Every afternoon attwo oclock she said good-bye to grand-dad, QueenElizabeth, Jane Eyre, Mr. Crusoe, and Mr. Jones,and hurried off to business. Aint you just proud of yourself, Birdie? saidMr. Jones one afternoon, as she passed by hisshop and gave him her usual greeting. •Aintyou just proud of helping grand-dad? There now,I should be! What I like about you, Rosebudchild, is that you dont alter to your old saying a good deal, you know, in this erequeerish world. 86 Things will Take a Turn. You dont mean to say that people do forgettheir old friends? asked Childie, much shocked. Mr. Jones nodded his head violently. I mean what I say, he remarked gravely. But there now, dont you take no heed of enough to think about these things whenyoure ol
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