"Eberyting am done to a turn, an' I hopes
you, sah, and de ladies mos' ready to eat afo' de tings get spoiled."
"We won't keep your supper waiting many minutes, Aunt Kitty," said her
mistress pleasantly.
"Myra take the baby to the nursery. Evelyn, my dear, we will go up stairs
and I will show you your room."
Reaching the second floor, Elsie led the way into a spacious,
luxuriously-furnished apartment.
"This is your room, Eva," she said.
"It is just across the hall from your uncle's and mine; so I hope you
will not feel lonely or timid. But if anything should alarm you at any
time, come to our door and call to us."
"Thank you, dear Aunt Elsie. Such a beautiful room as it is!" exclaimed
Evelyn. "How very kind you and Uncle Lester are to me!"
There was a little tremble of emotion in the child's voice as she spoke.
Elsie put her arms lovingly about her. "Dear child," she said, "how could
we be otherwise? We want you to feel that this is truly your own home,
and to be very happy in it."
"I could not be so happy with any one else as with you and uncle,"
returned the little girl, with a sigh to the memory of the father she had
loved so well.
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