4. Lottie

    If Sara  kind of c Miss Minc Seminary for t fe  all good for reated more as if singuis at tablis ttle girl. If sed, domineering c o be unbearable ttered. If s cely Miss Minc soo o do or say anyt make suco leave e  if Sara e to o tell able or unain Creo do reated. Accordingly, Sara o y if so a beggar out of tle purse; t treated as if it ue, and if s ion and a clever little brain, s isfied young person. But ttle brain told  many sensible and true t ances, and noalked to Ermengarde as time  on.

    quot;to people by accident,quot; so say. quot;A lot of nice accidents o me. It just  I al just  I iful and nice and clever, and could give me everyt really a good temper at all, but if you  and everyone is kind to you,  be good-tempered? I dont kno;--looking quite serious--quot; ;

    quot;Lavinia rials,quot; said Ermengarde, stolidly, quot;and s;

    Sara rubbed ttle nose reflectively, as s tter over.

    quot;ell,quot; s last, quot;per is because Lavinia is gro; t of a cable recollection of  Lavinia  t s affected emper.

    Lavinia, in fact, eful. Sely jealous of Sara. Until t remely disagreeable if t follole co be ty, and -dressed pupil in t Seminary  til Saras velvet coats and sable muffs appeared, combined ric t tter enoug as time  on it became apparent t Sara oo, and not because s because she never did.

    quot;t Sara Cre; Jessie ;best friendquot; by saying ly, quot;s  bit, and you kno  a little--if I s disgusting, ts come.quot;

    quot;`Dear Sara must come into talk to Mrs. Musgrave about India,quot; mimicked Lavinia, in  ation of Miss Minc;`Dear Sara must speak Frenco Lady Pitkin.  is so perfect. S learn  t any rate. And t. S learn it at all. S picked it up, because s. And, as to ;

    quot;ell,quot; said Jessie, slo;igers. s rokes its alks to it as if it .quot;

    quot;S; snapped Lavinia. quot;My mamma says t ric.quot;

    It e true t Sara ;grand.quot; Stle soul, and stle ones, o being disdained and ordered out of ture ladies aged ten and to cry by t envied of tted t a bonbon or some oticle of a sooture. S of o tion and a blot upon ters.

    quot;If you are four you are four,quot; so Lavinia on an occasion of  must be confessed--slapped Lottie and called ;a brat;quot; quot;but you  year, and six ter t. And,quot; opening large, convicting eyes, quot;it takes sixteen years to make you ty.quot;

    quot;Dear me,quot; said Lavinia, quot;e!quot; In fact, it  to be denied t sixteen and four made ty--and ty  daring were scarcely bold enougo dream of.

    So to ea party, made up of tea service used-- te a lot of mucened ea and ea set before. From t afternoon Sara ire alp class.

    Lottle Lego sucent t if Sara  been a motiresome. Lottie  to scy young papa o do reated like a favorite doll or a very spoiled pet monkey or lap dog ever since t tle creature. ed anyt  anyt and ed t   t  for tle voice o be ed in  of ther.

    rongest  in some mysterious  a very small girl o be pitied and made mucalking er  became  to make great use of this knowledge.

    t time Sara took ting room, srying to suppress tly, refused to be silenced. Srenuously indeed t Miss Minco almost s--in a stately and severe manner-- to make herself heard.

    quot; is s; s yelled.

    quot;O; Sara ;I  got any mam--ma-a!quot;

    quot;Otie!quot; screamed Miss Amelia. quot;Do stop, darling! Dont cry! Please dont!quot;

    quot;O; Lottle empestuously. quot;- -got--any--mam--ma-a!quot;

    quot;S to be w; Miss Minc;You sy c;

    Lottle o cry. Miss Mincil it almost tent indignation and flounced out of to arrange tter.

    Sara  to go into tly begun a friendly acquaintance tie and migo quiet  and saw   her dignified or amiable.

    quot;O; so produce a suitable smile.

    quot;I stopped,quot; explained Sara, quot;because I kne tie-- and I t, per per. May I try, Miss Minc;

    quot;If you can, you are a clever c; ans you are clever in everyt; s;I dare say you can manage ; And s her.

    ered ttie  legs violently, and Miss Amelia ion and despair, looking quite red and damp . Lottie   kicking and screaming ed by any means sed on. Poor plump Miss Amelia rying first one mether.

    quot;Poor darling,quot; s, quot;I kno; te anotone, quot;If you dont stop, Lottie, I le angel! testable c;

    Sara  to tly. S kno all  sion t it ter not to say suc kinds of te so edly.

    quot;Miss Amelia,quot; s;Miss Mincry to make op--may I?quot;

    Miss Amelia turned and looked at ;O; she gasped.

    quot;I dont knoill in ;but I ry.quot;

    Miss Amelia stumbled up from ties fat little legs kicked as hard as ever.

    quot;If you eal out of t; said Sara, quot;I ay ;

    quot;O; almost w;e never  believe we can keep ;

    But s out of to find an excuse for doing it.

    Sara stood by ts, and looked do  saying anyt do on ted. Except for Lotties angry screams, te quiet. tate of affairs for little Miss Legomed,  and implore and command and coax by turns. to lie and kick and s seeming to mind in t, attracted tention. Sig streaming eyes to see tle girl. But it  eadily and as if so find t, Lottie t s begin again, but t of terested face made  ed.

    quot;I----any--ma--ma--ma-a!quot; s  so strong.

    Sara looked at ill more steadily, but  of understanding in her eyes.

    quot;Neit; she said.

    ted t it ounding. Lottie actually dropped ared. A neop a crying c rue t le as s  to give up  s racted from it, so ser a sulky sob, said, quot;;

    Sara paused a moment. Because sold t  a great deal about tter, and s  been quite like ther people.

    quot;S to ; s;But I am sure s sometimes to see me--t see ;

    Lottle sat bolt uprig ty, little, curly-ure, and  forget-me-nots. If   not   to be related to an angel.

    Sara  on talking. Per t  it o ion t Lottie began to listen in spite of old t ures of ladies in beautiful  Sara seemed to be telling a real story about a lovely country where real people were.

    quot;t; sting alking rat;fields and fields of lilies--and  s t of to t, because t tle c in ttle reets are sired,  any to go and lean on to tiful messages.quot;

    soever story so tell, Lottie , opped crying, and been fascinated into listening; but t tory tier t oto Sara, and drank in every il too soon.  did come, s s up her lip ominously.

    quot;I  to go t; s;I-- any mamma in t;

    Sara sa of ook o tle laugh.

    quot;I ; s;e  you are my little girl. And Emily ser.quot;

    Lotties dimples all began to shemselves.

    quot;S; she said.

    quot;Yes,quot; anso . quot;Let us go and tell ;

    to e crotted out of tairs  seeming even to remember t t ragedy  t so be y.

    And from t time Sara ed mother.