Littlebourne Lock

our dinners without her. She would not miss her share

If the child was not on the island wh

ls of the cabbage. "I'm not going to blame her for that; she o

wing-path, or by the road towards the village, or by the fields towards the station. And at every sound from outside someone went to the door peering out with the

n into the lock-"

eard her scream,"

apped by gipsies," sa

gipsies about,

set off to go home. "We have not been kind enough t

that did not keep him up all night, thereby breaking down his health, he would be able to support his family, and there would be no need for us to bother ou

garden. Within a few minutes hi

er! Emily! Come qui

responded

r is the

here! The bo

y at the post to which his boat was usually moored. "Som

ear, dear, dear! This is worse than I expe

r back; and if so be as she has drifted down by accident she will be drawn ov

owles, quite wildly. "A poor, dear chi

n, wife-" and he grew more serious-"you don

hat I do t

that

lls, for they are gone too. I know Juliet thought s

be carried rapidly down stream, and the current would draw the little bark to the weir, and over the weir, and it would be dashed about by the sw

too sad t

can we do? What woul

r boat I would send Phil down to look for her. Perhaps the n

wing-path," said Phil. "

u get near enough to help her? No; the only chance will be to ask so

ked the handles as quickly as he could; standing on the bank while the lock filled he asked the

y started from just below Littlebourne Ferr

ink I should have noticed such a person, for

she is so obstinate and so stupid, there is no knowing what she has done. And if you gentlemen have not met her, she must hav

ve, but did not offer to turn and

as waiting to come in. It contained Mr. Webs

into your bows and go down a bit with you? Because there's a girl, my niece in fact, who must have gone off in my litt

ter. "How did the child come

er sleeps all day so that he never can give a word of advice to his children? Now, in

Mr. Webster. "We must hope that by

were out of the lock the boat went flying down the river as

he comes in," said Mrs. Rowl

if she's been in the r

boil, and laid some clean garments to get warm, and wai

ess brought her into accidents and difficulties, she would grow very cross and angry with herself, and when reproved for her faults would say, "I don't care; I'm that stupid and awkward that I can't do anything right." Emily had seen her stamping on the ground at the end of the garden after some unfortunate occ

"she can never learn anything more on earth! Oh, I do pray

er the hill; would Juliet Mitchell escape the c