So Clematis and Deborah were tucked into the big station wagon, and Jim Cunneen took her to the Home, where lost children are sheltered and fed.
CHAPTER II
THE CHILDREN’S HOME
As they climbed the steps leading to the Home, Clematis looked up at the policeman.
“What is this place?” she asked.
“This is the Children’s Home, miss. You will have a fine time here.”
A young woman with a kind face opened the door.
The policeman did not go in. “Here is a child I found on Chambers Street,” he said. “We can’t find out where she lives.”