Winifred blushed and hesitated, and handing the note back said that she had rather not.
"Won't you give it to him!"
The little girl coloured still more. "He don't want it."
"Keep your money, my dear," said Mrs. Landholm; "there is no necessity for your giving him anything."
"But why shouldn't I give it to him if I like it?" said
Elizabeth in great wonderment.
"It is a boy that works for my father, Miss Haye," said
Winthrop gravely; "your money would be thrown away upon him."
"But in this he works for me."
"He don't know that."
"If he don't — Money isn't thrown away upon anybody, that ever I heard of," said Elizabeth; "and besides, what if I choose to throw it away?"
"You can. Only that it is doubtful whether it would be picked up."