3. Ermengarde

        On t first m,    Miss Ming itself to    iced very sootle girl, about    , rat c look as if s clever, but suredly pouting moutigail, tied ail around ing ting ared    to speak to Sara, stle frigepped for , appealing eyes, anstle girl gave a startled jump, and gree red in .    ears for o remember t "la mere" meant "t; and "le pere," "t;--    too muco find ening to a ly quite familiar    apparently knerifles.

        Sared so    tail so fast t stracted ttention of Miss Mincremely cross at t, immediately pounced upon her.

        "Miss St. Jo; s; do you mean by suc? Remove your elboake your ribbon out of your mout up at once!"

        Upon tered s s looked as if tears o    so like    to be     t into any fray in wable or unhappy.

        "If Sara uries ago," o say, "s try ress. Ss to figrouble."

        So sook rato fat, slotle Miss St. Jo glang toter to    treated as a siade even Monsieur Dufarge smile in spite of unate girls eit    Sara did not laugried to look as if s . Jo;le bon pain," "lee bong pang." S little temper of    made itters and saupid, distressed childs face.

        "It isnt funny, really," s over ;t not to laug;

        ogeto talk, Sara looked for Miss St. Joely in a , so tle girls alo eace, but t Sara, and people al it.

        " is your name?" she said.

        to explain Miss St. Jo one must recall t a neime, a someain tire scalked t before until it fell asleep quite exed by excitement and tradictory stories. A neo discuss,    an ordinary acquaintance.

        "My names Ermengarde St. Jo; she answered.

        "Mine is Sara Cre; said Sara. "Yours is very pretty. It sounds like a story book."

        "Do you like it?" fluttered Ermengarde. "I--I like yours."

        Miss St. Jorouble in life    simes to y. If you    languages, and ly learned by , ly expects you to be familiar ents of your lesson books at least; and it is not improbable t    to be able to remember a fes of ory and to e a Frencrial to Mr. St. Jo uand ably and unmistakably dull creature whing.

        "Good ; ared at ;times ;

        If    Eliza o learn and quick tet a tirely rikingly like al dunce of t could not be denied.

        "S be made to learn," o Miss Min.

        sequently Ermengarde spent ter part of ears. S t uand t ural t, ance, s and stare at ion.

        "You    speak Frenc you?" sfully.

        Sara got on to t,    h her hands clasped round her knees.

        "I    speak it because I    all my life," s;You could speak it if you ."

        "O," said Ermengarde. "I never could speak it!"

        "; inquired Sara, curiously.

        Ermengarde s tail wobbled.

        "You    no; s;Im al. I t say t;

        S, and touc;You are clever, arent you?"

        Sara looked out of to ttering on t, iron railings and ty brancrees. Sed a fes. S said very often t s;clever," and s had happened.

        "I dont kno; s;I t tell." ttle laug.

        "ould you like to see Emily?" she inquired.

        "; Ermengarde asked, just as Miss Min had done.

        "e up to my room and see," said Sara,    her hand.

        t toget upstairs.

        "Is it true," Ermengarde ;is it true t you o yourself?"

        "Yes," Sara ans;Papa asked Miss Minco let me    ell to myself, and I dont like people to    spoils it if I ten."

        to Saras room by time, and Ermengarde stopped s, staring, and quite losing h.

        "You make up stories!" s; you do t--as well as speak Frenc;

        Sara looked at her in simple surprise.

        "; s;ried?"

        S her hand warningly ardes.

        "Let us go very quietly to t; s;and t quite suddenly; perc;

        S toucerious ed Ermengarde, t test idea    meant, or o "catc; or o catcsoever s, Ermengarde    fully exg. So, quite tation, siptoe along t t il tur s opening revealed te    and quiet, a fire gently burning in te, and a ting in a c, apparently reading a book.

        "O back to    before ;Of course tning."

        Ermengarde looked from o the doll and back again.

        " s; shlessly.

        "Yes," ans;At least I believe s least I pretend I believe s makes it seem as if it rue. e;

        "No," said Ermengarde. "Never. I--tell me about it."

        Sc sually stared at Sara instead of at Emily--notanding t Emily    attractive doll person she had ever seen.

        "Let us sit do; said Sara, "and I ell you. Its so easy t op. You just go on and on doing it als beautiful. Emily, you must listen. t. Joo ;

        "O; said Ermengarde. "May I, really? Siful!" And Emily    into her arms.

        Never in    life . Jo o go doairs.

        Sara sat upon te t ratold stories of tories of India; but ed Ermengarde t alked, and     and so fleo t;like lig; o the room.

        "e couldnt do it," said Sara, seriously. "You see, its a kind of magic."

        Once, ory of to pass over it and put out t in    it made a funny, sad little sound, and t igermio do or not to do somet if stle girl, s    out sobbing and g. But s.

        "; Ermengarde ventured.

        "Yes," Sara anser a moments silence. "But it is not in my body." tried to keep quite steady, and it ;Do you love your fat;

        Ermengardes mouttle. S it    seminary to say t it o you t you could love your fat you e to avoid bei alone in y for ten minutes. Sly embarrassed.

        "I--I scarcely ever see ; sammered. ";

        "I love mine more ten times over," Sara said. "t is w my pain is. ;

        S ly dole,    very still for a fees.

        "So cry out loud," t Ermengarde, fearfully.

        But s. , black locks tumbled about    still. t lifting her head.

        "I promised ," s;And I    soldiers bear! Papa is a soldier. If to bear maress and, per one ;

        Ermengarde could only gaze at    s t so adore    from anyone else.

        Presently, sed tle smile.

        "If I go on talking and talking," s;and telling you t pretending, I s better. You dont fet, but you bear it better."

        Ermengarde did not knoears hem.

        "Lavinia and Jessie are `best friends," s;I    c I-- o;

        "Im glad of t," said Sara. "It makes you tell you ;-- a sudden gleam lig;I    ;
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