Then Bessie told how Miss Adams' presence of mind had saved Franky from falling into the stream, "And then we talked a little," she said, "and I told her I was sorry I had been saucy, and kissed her, and so we are all made up."
"That was the way; was it?" said the colonel. "I do not think you were the one to ask pardon."
"Oh, she did too," said Bessie; "she said she was sorry she teased me."
"And what else did she say?"
"I don't think she meant me to talk about it, 'cause she didn't want nurse to hear."
"Then I wont ask you, honorable little woman."
"And she sent us home in the pony-carriage when the rain was coming, and ran all the way to our house herself, and mamma was very much obliged to her," said Maggie.
"Well," said the colonel, "I suppose I shall have to forgive her too, since she saved you from a wetting, and took a bad cold in your service. We all wondered how she came to be so drenched, but she would not tell us how it happened."
"Did she take cold?" asked Maggie. "Mamma said she would, but she said nothing ever hurt her."