"Good-by, 'Varny. It wasn't you made me cry, but because"--

"'Cause you was tired, little sister," interposed Teddy hastily; and
Giovanni looked at him craftily.

"I'll come and see you another day, 'Varny; but I must go lie down
now," continued Cherry, anxious to remove any wound her new friend's
feelings might have received. And the organ-grinder smiled until he
showed all his white teeth, as he replied,--"Yes, and again and
again,--as often as you will, picciola."

But Teddy, shaking his head disapprovingly, muttered, as he carried
his little sister away,--

"No: it isn't good for you, sissy, to get so tired and worried."






CHAPTER XV.

THE PINK-SILK DRESS.