tty young lady like Miss
Vaughan to stroke and kiss.

"'But I _must_ kiss it,' answered Evelyn, 'because I got poor papa once
to kiss it; and I always kiss it in the very same place, just above its
eyes, Harris--exactly there.'

"'Just between where the horns are coming, Miss Vaughan,' said Harris;
'some day, by-and-by, it will knock you down when you are kissing it,
and perhaps butt you with its horns, till it kills you.'

"That same day Mrs. Harris told Fanny that she would take good care
that Miss Vaughan's disagreeable pet should be put beyond her reach
before very long--and, indeed, one fine morning, when Evelyn went down
to the yard, the lamb was missing. There was much crying on the part of
the little girl, and much bitter lamentation but her footman, having
been told what to say by Harris, said to his little lady, that the
young ram had got tired of the drying-yard, and had gone out into the
woods to look for fresh grass and running water, and that he was
somewhere in the park.

"'And is he happy?' asked Evelyn.

"'Very happy,' answered the footman; 'so don't cry about him, Miss.'

"'I will go and see if I can find him,' said the child.

"'You had better not go near him now,' said Mrs. Harris; 'when pet
lambs become large sheep they often turn most savage on those who were
most kind to them.'

"'He knew me yesterday,' replied the child, 'and let me stroke him.
Would he forget me in one day?' and she burst into fresh tears."

"I am sorry for her," said Henry, rubbing the sleeve of his pinafore
across his eyes.

"And there was one person who heard her," said grandmamma, "who was
sorry for her also, and that was Fanny; but she did not dare to say
anything because of Mrs. Harris."

The old lady then went on:

"When the summer was past, and the weather less pleasant, Mrs. Harris
pretended to have a pain in her face, and instead of going out always
with Evelyn, she sent Fanny.

"This was a pleasant change for the little lady. She found Fanny much
more agreeable to her. And Fanny was surprised to find how Evelyn
opened out to her during their walks.

"For several days Evelyn led Fanny about the groves and over the lawns
of the park to look for the lamb. They could not find him, but the
child still fancied that he was somewhere in the park.

"One morning Evelyn proposed that they should try the avenue, and look
for the lamb in that direction. Fanny had no notion of contradicting
Evelyn--indeed Harris