"There's an old dress of Ellie's you can have, an' a pair of Sue's cast-off boots, and Tom's old cap."
"Where am I to go, mawm?"
"You jest go on from one farmhouse to another, till you find a place where they'll keep you all winter. It's comin' on to Christmas, an' people won't be hard on ye. Tell 'em you aint got no folks."
The forlorn little pilgrim took up her march down the snow-covered road.
