. Things will take a turn : a story for children . ind that person waswhen Mr. Burnley was ill; and he was nevertired of running errands for me, and seeing to theshop, and taking thought for me and every always a cheery word on his lips. And hislove for Childie is like a bit of poetry, sir. Grand-dads Dream Comes True. 151 I see he has made a friend of you, said smiling, so thats all right. For dothey not say here that it is the best thing in theworld to win Mrs. White for a friend, since she has it all her own way atNo. 12, Grosvenor Square?And a dear, good, kind wayit is!
. Things will take a turn : a story for children . ind that person waswhen Mr. Burnley was ill; and he was nevertired of running errands for me, and seeing to theshop, and taking thought for me and every always a cheery word on his lips. And hislove for Childie is like a bit of poetry, sir. Grand-dads Dream Comes True. 151 I see he has made a friend of you, said smiling, so thats all right. For dothey not say here that it is the best thing in theworld to win Mrs. White for a friend, since she has it all her own way atNo. 12, Grosvenor Square?And a dear, good, kind wayit is! Thank you, sir, shesaid, smiling with pleasureat his words of praise. Then Mr. Dighton, beg-ging her not to tell Violetuntil he had concluded thearrangement, hurried off tothe second-hand book-shop and found Childie alone, putting the books in orderand dusting them very lovingly, and looking intosome of them. Childie, he said gently, put these books down,and come and sit near me. I want to talk withyou very seriously about grand-dad and 152 Things will Take a Turn. Yes, sir, she answered gravely. Then he told her that he wanted grand-dad andherself to come and live with him at GrosvenorSquare, and that grand-dad would look after thelibrary and have no troubles, and she would divide her time between him and Violet, who loved • her dearly; and Mrs. White would take care ofthem both. You would be sorry to leave the old book-shop, he said kindly; but then grand-dad is oldand weary, and trade is very slack sometimes,isnt it? And grand-dad would be far happier inmy library, seeing to the beautiful old manuscriptsI collect, and reading my books to his hearts con-tent, and helping me in my work. Oh, he would be happy! she cried, as usualthinking always of him. He would be happy! And you, little Rosebud, would you be happy?he asked anxiously. Oh, yes! she answered brightly; but— But what, child? he asked, knowing quitewell what she meant. Grand-dads Dream Comes True. 153
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