. Witch Winnie's mystery; or, The old oak cabinet; the story of a King's daughter . of Polos little brother and sisters. And I shall suggest to Madame, MissNoakes added, the advisability of inquiringinto the character and antecedents of this girl,before she allows her to become an accrediteddependent of her establishment, or authorizesthe bestowal of charity upon her models are often disreputable peoplewith whom your parents would not be willingthat you should associate, and I advise younot to become too intimate with a perfectstranger. o We had come through the ordeal on thewho
. Witch Winnie's mystery; or, The old oak cabinet; the story of a King's daughter . of Polos little brother and sisters. And I shall suggest to Madame, MissNoakes added, the advisability of inquiringinto the character and antecedents of this girl,before she allows her to become an accrediteddependent of her establishment, or authorizesthe bestowal of charity upon her models are often disreputable peoplewith whom your parents would not be willingthat you should associate, and I advise younot to become too intimate with a perfectstranger. o We had come through the ordeal on thewhole quite triumphantly, but Polo had excitedMiss Noakess enmity. She could never bewon to regard her as anything but a vagabond,and always spoke of her as that model girl ina tone that belied the literal signification of the o words ; and later, when by dint of spying andlistening Miss Noakes learned that a robberyhad been commited in the Amen Corner, herdislike and suspicion of poor Polo led to verypainful consequences. The relation of which,however, belongs to a later *• CHAPTER X. THE CATACOMB PARTY. OLO came on Mon-day and posed to thesatisfaction of Pro-fessor Waite and ofthe class. Winnie wassuccessful in enteringthe two children at theHome, and Adelaide hada happy thought for Poloherself, who was too oldto be received there. Oneof the smallest apartmentsin her tenement had beentaken by Miss Billings andMiss Cohens, two seams-tresses, honest, industrious old maids, whohad lived and worked together since theywere girls. Adelaide called them the twoturtle cloves, the odd combination of theirname suggesting the nickname, and theirfondness for each other bearing it out.
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