"No, thank you," she answered again: "I believe we have but little farther to go. Is not the —— Hotel near here?"
"Only a block or two," replied Mrs. Bradford.
"Then we will walk on," said the lady; and directing the nurse to bring some shawls from the carriage, she thanked Mrs. Bradford for her kindness, and taking the hand of her little girl would have gone on.
But this did not please the child, who now drawing sharply back from her mother, said pettishly,—
"No: I want to go to that lady's house and play with those nice little girls."
"But we're not going home. We are going to the candy-store to buy some mottoes," said Belle.
When Mabel heard this, she said she wanted to go to the candy-store and buy mottoes too; and her mother, who, it was plainly to be seen, gave way to her in every thing, said she might do so.
"But if I go and buy you mottoes, will you be a good girl, and come with me to find your uncle and little cousin?" asked the stranger lady.
Mabel promised, anxious now only to secure the mottoes; and she and her mother and nurse followed Mrs. Bradford and our little friends to the candy-store.