"
"I don't often," said Ralph, looking ashamed, "I won't again in your
company."
CHAPTER XIV.
"Be sure your sin will find you out."
--_Num._ 32:33.
Gracie and Walter were in the play-room. They had been building
block-houses for an hour or more, when Gracie, saying, "I'm tired, Walter,
I'm going in yonder to see the things Max and Lulu are making," rose and
sauntered into the work-room.
She watched the busy carvers for some minutes, then went down to Violet's
apartments in search of her.
She found no one there but Agnes busied in putting away some clean
clothes, fresh from the iron.
"Where's mamma?" asked the little girl.
"In de drawin'-room, Miss Gracie. Comp'ny dar."
"Oh, dear!" sighed Gracie, "I just wanted her to talk to me."
"'Spect you hab to wait till de comp'ny am gone," returned Agnes, picking
up her empty clothes-basket and leaving the room.
Gracie wandered disconsolately about the rooms, wishing that the callers
would go and mamma come up. Presently she paused before the bureau in
Violet's dressing-room, and began fingering the pretty things on it.
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