"Dorothy. d< at. I am uoinj: to see a
1 dy I ITn iw ami take I'anlim'. ! want
y?iii io stay here until I on.' baek. i
Now. I'orothj. don't let an one n.
be.-ause I have my jewels on the table
aml i:i;. iiioi.. ; in the desk.
Dorothy * 1?. ; ?ln- would not let
any one in The mother said. "I5y-by.
darli .Mo"hei won't sta> loliy. he- |
I-.'Use I don': wan; you to stay here
h> :" h;. yourself Now b>- a ;iood little
? 'ailing, and mother will hriiiu ; mi
something pretty. Now by-by." The ?
motliei ttiiVfd back at h'-r until he
was out ot si;;'! t. Dorothy was play- !
iim with her doll when the doorbell
rani:. Dor*.thy sa.d to herself, "i ?h. T
w order who that ? But 1 am not j
i^olliK to let 1. i It) in. because mother
told me not to.' ('.at lie lanu a^ain.
She ?ii? not -o to the dour. The man |
cried. "If you don't let me in. I will
break in and. man over. I w ill kill !
you wlo-n I i|o !_? ?? | in." Dorothy was ,
s? ? frightened that .-'he let 'ii:n in Sin
beui.ii team, mill lie t ied a llalld
ker? hief over her mouth. so that she '
uould not -??ream Then he put her
in :? room ami locked tin- ?loor. so .'Om
?ould not tell on i'.iiu. He .vent all
o\>r tile house and stole all of th<*
.jewels, but Cornfi! to look in the writ
ing desk. Then he went out The
mother ami I'asil.ne came home She
? ?ailed Dorothy. No answer came.
