“No, ma’am. Mrs. Tyke won’t give me any, and Kris Kingle forgets me. And I never tasted candy but once.”
“Is Mrs. Tyke the woman you live with?”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Does she treat you kindly?”
“Whips me and knocks me down sometimes.”
“Will you go back to her?”
“Oh yes, ma’am. I am going right back as soon as I see Kris Kingle.”
The lady took her hand and resolved to go back with her, and to see the terrible Mrs. Tyke. She told Jinnie so, and Jinnie submitted, although she was grieved to forego her errand.
“Do you know who Kris Kingle really is?” the lady asked.
“Yes; he brings nice things down the chimbley to children.”