The great door was closed again, but in a few moments it opened and Lena’s startled face appeared.
“I didn’t do it on purpose,” she said, her cheeks growing very red. “But I did hope you would like her better, for Otto is just wild over the mice!”
“I don’t like her better!” said Sonny Boy stoutly.
“We think Otto ought to have everything. When you see him you’ll think so, too,” said Lena.
“I sha‘n’t think he ought to have my white mice,” said Sonny Boy firmly.
The girl opened wide the big door, as if it belonged to her.
“Come!” she said, beckoning to Sonny Boy.
SONNY BOY
FINDS A CROOKEDER BOY