Witch Hazel; or, The Secret of the Locket — page 12: what you’re looking at

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cate lace gathered about the throat and wrists, and showing that the little one had been taken from her berth to be swathed in wraps and Pike) sa for the A ala experiment which had evidently suggested itself to a loving father, when he saw the light- _keeper’s boat put off from the shora, “Poor child! poor child!” ejac lated Mrs. Butler, sympathetically; “she looks like alittle angel just dropped down out of heaven.” This was true enough, for the pretty stranger was very fair, with large, deep-blue eyes, and a wealth of silken hair that fell about ber shoulderslike a zolden mist. She was round and plump, yet delidately and daintily built, with small feet, and hands whose long, slender fingers seemed molded from purest Wax, She had not made a sound since entering the house, but she watched Percy’s every movelent, while every now and then she east shy, half-fearful glances at the homely but honest faced woman who was regarding her so curiously, “How did ye manage to save her and nobody else?’ Mrs. Butler asked, as she tolded the shawl and blanket, and then proceeded to examine the satin-lined coat that belonged to the young stranger, Perey related the eircumstances of ler rescue, while he chafed the litlle one's hands and feet which were cold and numb from the exposure and hardship she had endured. “Poor little lass!" said Captain Morton, drawing near again, and bending tenderly over her for a bet- ter view of her fair face. ‘Bless my heart!” he added, as she lifted her wondering blue eyes to him, | “but she’s » winsome fairy, though she looks nigh about perished, with no color muy more than a snow- drift. Bring her something hot, Mrs. Butler—a bowl of warm bread and milk; I'll warrant the child's half famished. Then wecan bring some of the ood | ah biankets, heat them hot, and wrap her up in them.’ He stooped and made a move as if to gather the little stranger into his arms, but she gemk>eiegaiy-