Sara paused a moment to see the little ones lifted up and kissed and the bigger ones bent over and kissed also.
“I wonder if he will stay away long,” she thought. “The portmanteau is rather big. Oh, dear, how they will miss him! I shall miss him myself—even though he doesn’t know I am alive.”
When the door opened she moved away—remembering the sixpence— but she saw the traveler come out and stand against the background of the warmly-lighted hall,
Sara paused a moment to see the little ones lifted up and kissed and the bigger ones bent over and kissed also.
“I wonder if he will stay away long,” she thought. “The portmanteau is rather big. Oh, dear, how they will miss him! I shall miss him myself—even though he doesn’t know I am alive.”
When the door opened she moved away—remembering the sixpence— but she saw the traveler come out and stand against the background of the warmly-lighted hall,
