Then, just as he had decided that he could not, the tempter suggested a
plan which seemed so feasible and fair that the future, with a secret to
guard, did not look so formidable, and to himself he said:
'It is not likely I can ever be positive; and so long as there is a
doubt, however small, it would be preposterous to give up what otherwise
must come to my children, if not to me; but I will not wrong her more
than I can help.'
'Come, little girl, go with me,' he said, in his kindest tones, as he
advanced toward her, while Harold went for her cloak and hood.
Jerry knew then that she was expected to go with the stranger, and
without Harold, and resisted with all her might. Standing behind him, as
if safe there, and clinging to his coat, she sobbed piteously,
intermingling her sobs with 'Ess, 'ess, 'ess,' the only English word she
knew, and which she seemed to think would avail in every emergency.
And it did help her now, for Harold pleaded that he might go, too, and
when Jerry saw him with his coat and hat, and understood that he was to
be her escort, she ceased to sob, and allowing herself to be made ready,
was soon in the sleigh, and on her way to Tracy Park.
CHAPTER XV.
JERRY AT THE PARK.
And so this is the poor little girl.
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