boy, Tommy, a strict search of his person was instituted, and in
consequence he was that very night locked up in jail.

Oh, if only poor little Daisy, tossing on her hot and feverish pillow,
could have known!




CHAPTER XLV.

THE PRINCE TO THE RESCUE.


Hannah was doing well in her little shop at Teckford. She had always
been a most saving body, and although Mrs. Mainwaring had never been
able to pay her high wages, she had managed to put the greater portion
of what she received away. Hannah was one of those fortunate
individuals on whom even a shabby dress will look neat. Her boots
lasted twice as long as any one else's, her caps retained their starch
and their whiteness long after another servant's would have had to be
resigned to a fresh cleaning process. Hannah therefore required little
or no money to spend on dress, and in consequence, when the Mainwaring
girls went away, she had a little nest-egg laid by to stock a shop.
She found a suitable little house at Teckford, laid in her little
store of provisions with care, for she argued wisely that however poor
people were they required food, and was living very comfortably on the
proceeds of her sales. Hannah, as a rule, had a smooth and unruffled
brow; she was a careful woman, but not a troubled one. At the present
moment, however it could scarcely be said of this good soul that she