"Sure I'm Miss Katy's and Miss Clover's Baby. But I don't want to be a
baby any longer. I want to go home and see my mother." And again the
poor little midge lifted up her voice and wept.

I don't think Dr. Carr ever laughed so hard in his life, as when
finally he got to the bottom of the story, and found that Katy and
Clover had been "adopting" a child. But he was very kind to poor
Susquehanna, and carried her down stairs in his arms, to the nursery.
There, in a bed close to the other children, she soon forgot her
troubles and fell asleep.

The little sisters were much surprised when they waked up in the
morning, and found their Baby asleep beside them. But their joy was
speedily turned to tears. After breakfast, Dr. Carr carried Marianne
home to her mother, who was in a great fright over her disappearance,
and explained to the children that the garret plan must be given up.
Great was the mourning in the nursery; but as Marianne was allowed to
come and play with them now and then, they gradually got over their
grief. A few months later Mr. O'Riley moved away from Burnet, and that
was the end of Katy's first friendship.

The next was even funnier. There was a queer old black woman who lived
all alone by herself in a small house near the school. This old woman
had a very bad temper. The neighbors told horrible stories about her, so
that the children were afraid to pass the house. They used to turn
always just before they reached it, and cross to the other side of the
street. This they did so regularly, that their feet had worn a path in
the grass. But for some reason Katy found a great fascination in the
little house. She liked to dodge about the door, always holding herself