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always made her shiver; so little Katy threaded her way along, with a troubled, anxious, care-worn look, never glancing in at the shopkeepers' tempting windows, and quite forgetting Johnny Galt's pretty bunch of flowers, till she stood trembling with her hand on the latch of her grandfather's counting-room door.
"No, Sir," said Katy, with a culprit look, twisting the corner of her apron, and struggling to keep from crying.
"Why don't your mother go to work and earn something?" asked Mr. Ellet.
"She cannot get any work to do," replied Katy; "she tries very hard, grandpa."
"She is sick," said Katy.
"Yes, Sir," said Katy meekly, as she closed the door.
"What is the matter, my dear?" said a gentleman, lifting a handful of Katy's shining curls from her face; "why do you cry, my dear?"
"Where is he, dear? tell me, and I will take you to him, shall I?"
"If you please, Sir," said Katy, innocently, "he has gone to heaven."
"God help you," said the gentleman, with moistened eyes, "where had you been when I met you?"
"Please, Sir--I--I--I had rather not tell," replied Katy, with a crimson blush.
"Very odd, this," muttered the gentleman; "what is your name, dear?"
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