So Kathleen folded the money and put it carefully away in her pocket, thinking as she did so that, after all, the hunting-horn had brought a promise of help for little Mary Ellen.

CHAPTER XII

THE YOUNG MALONES

The oldest one is Tara,

Next Captain Connemara,

And Moira and Norah, each a twin;

Then “Save-a-Shilling Deena”

And little Princess Feena,

But hold the door,—there’s others to come in;

There’s Hannah and there’s Anna,