"I've been thinking I'd better go into Norton this afternoon, and do
some shopping," she remarked to granp, "for the child must have some
clothes, and as soon as possible, too; and I reckon I'd better take
her with me, though she really isn't fit, her boots and her hat are
so shabby; but it'll be better to have her there to be fitted,
especially the first time."

"Oh, she doesn't look so bad," answered granp cheerfully. "If she
keeps smiling at folks they won't notice her hat nor her boots
neither."

Granny was not so sure of that. Her pride was a little hurt at the
thought of taking such a shabbily-clad little granddaughter into the
shops where she was well known. However, hats and boots required to
be tried on, so there was nothing for it but to make the best of
things, and Jessie was to be taken to Norton.

What a day of wonders that was to Jessie! It seemed almost as though
there were too many good things crowded into one twenty-four hours.

As soon as it was decided that they were to go, her grandfather went
off and borrowed Mrs. Maddock's donkey and the little cart, to drive
them in, for Norton was more than a mile and a half away, and that
was too far, they thought, for Jessie's little feet to walk. So the
cart was brought, and granny and grandfather sat on the little wooden
seat, while Jessie sat on a rug in the bottom of the cart, at their
feet. She liked it better there, she thought, for there was no fear
of her falling out, and she could look all about her and feel quite
safe and comfortable all the time. Granp gave her the whip to hold,
but she had no work to do, for Moses, the donkey, behaved so well, he