“Go in quickly, and get it then,” replied Johnny.
ALIE WATCHING THE CAT.
Alie went in, and returned with the work, but stood hesitating before she quitted the room, looking back with her hand on the lock.
“Oh, Johnny! Tabby is licking it up!”
“So much the better!” cried he; “her whiskers will tell tales of her then!”
“But, Johnny—”
“Come quickly! I can’t stand waiting for you all the day!” exclaimed the boy; “uncle may be back before we get off!”
These words quickened the movements of Alie: she closed the door with a sigh.
Very grave and silent was the child during the whole of that long walk; very grave and silent during her visit to the farm. Johnny first laughed at her nonsense, as he called it, and then grew irritable and rude, after the example of his uncle. The walk home was a very unpleasant one to Alie.