. Donald and Dorothy . my uncles, I mean â in America. Monsieur drew back w^ith added distrust, but he w^as re-assured by Donalds earnest tone. Oh, Monsieur, prayrecall all you can about this matter. I cannot tell youhow important it is to me â how anxious I am to hear! Young man, your face is pale; you are in in and sit down, leading the way into a small roombehind the shop. As for this necklace, there is somethingâ but I cannot think; it is something in the past yearsthat will not come back â Ah ! I hear a customer; Imust go. Pardon me, I will return presently. So saying, Monsie
. Donald and Dorothy . my uncles, I mean â in America. Monsieur drew back w^ith added distrust, but he w^as re-assured by Donalds earnest tone. Oh, Monsieur, prayrecall all you can about this matter. I cannot tell youhow important it is to me â how anxious I am to hear! Young man, your face is pale; you are in in and sit down, leading the way into a small roombehind the shop. As for this necklace, there is somethingâ but I cannot think; it is something in the past yearsthat will not come back â Ah ! I hear a customer; Imust go. Pardon me, I will return presently. So saying, Monsieur left him. Bending slightly andtaking short, quick steps, he hurried into the shop. Don-ald thought the old man was gone for an hour, though itreally was only five minutes. But it had given him anopportunity to collect his thoughts, and when Monsieurreturned, Donald w^as ready with a question: Perhaps a lady â a widow â brought the chain to youlong ago, sir ? A widow! exclaimed Monsieur, brightening, a. YSRK DONALD MAKES A DISCOVERY. 309 widow dressed in black â yes, it comes back to me â aday, ten, twenty years ago â I see it all 1 A ladyâtwoladies â no, one was a servant, a genteel nurse ; both woreblack, and there was a little baby â two little babies âvery little ; I see them now. Two ! exclaimed Donald, half wild with eagerness. Yes, two pink little fellows. Pink ! In a flash, Donald remembered the tiny pinksacque, now in his valise at the liotel. Yes, pink little faces, with lace all around â very dndl â the littlest babies I ever saw taken into the , the pretty lady in black carried one, and the nurse â she was a tall woman â carried the other. Yes, yes, please, urged Donald. He longed to helpMonsieur on with the account, but it would be better, heknew, to let him take his own way. It all came out in , little by little, but complete,at last. The widow lady had gone to the old mans shop,with two infants and a tall nurse. Taking from her
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