“And you wouldn't care about going back?”
The child shuddered.
“I suppose,” said she, “that Peg will be very angry. She would beat me, if she should get me back again.”
“But she sha'n't. I will take good care of that.”
Ida looked her gratitude. Her heart went out to those who appeared to deal kindly with her, and she felt very grateful to her companion for his instrumentality in effecting her deliverance from Peg.
“Now,” said Somerville, “perhaps you will be willing to tell me what it was you were required to do.”
“Yes,” said Ida; “but she must never know that I told. It was to pass bad money.”
“Ha!” exclaimed her companion. “Do you mean bad bills, or spurious coin?”
“It was silver dollars.”
“Does she do much in that way?”