[THE MIDDLETON BOWL.]
BY ELLEN DOUGLAS DELAND.
CHAPTER III.
"What did you tell them anything for? I knew you would. A girl can't keep anything dark."
"I didn't tell. They found it out themselves."
"How could they? They would never have known it was broken if you hadn't told, and they would never have known about the currant-bushes."
"They found a little bit of the china that I never saw at all, and I had to tell about the currant-bushes, because Aunt Tom said that I had something under my apron, and saw us go to the currant-bushes. They asked me, and I had to answer. They think I did it. They don't believe me when I say I didn't. It isn't a bit nice not to be believed."
"Then you didn't say anything about—about anybody else?"