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196 BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR, CHAPTER XLI. HATTIE’S WELCOME. ‘““Sakes alive, here she is! We were just a-talkin’ about you, me and Biddy here, for Germany can’t talk no more’n a cat to us.”’ That was the welcome Miss Scrimp gave to Hattie Butler as she opened the door on the morning of her arrival in New York. ‘‘Good-morning, Miss Scrimp,”’ said the latter, in her ever quiet, lady-like way. ‘I have returned, you see.”’ “VYes’m, and I’m glad of it. I missed you somuch. The girls have all been wild over what the papers said about you savin’ so many lives on the steamer. Was it all so?”’ : “‘T suppose it was, Miss Scrimp.”’ ‘“‘Sakes alive! Have you been to breakfast?”’ “Yes; I took breakfast on the boat. The captain insisted on it.”’ : “Well, it’s lucky, for the girls did eat so hearty this morning there isn’t much left, and it’s: all cold before this time. There comes Biddy—she’s heard your voice.’’ “Oh, you born angel!” cried Biddy, running up to Hattie and giving her a real, warm Celtic hug. ““T’ve got the new dress all made up—a real warrum one for winter wear, d’ye see. The mistress has hers, but it’s silk, and I’d rather have mine twice | over. Shall I get ye’s areal nice cup of coffee? I can make it quick.’’ ‘‘No, thank you, Biddy. Vllrun up to my room a comicbooks