Isn't she sweet, though?

* * * * *

"She's a precious pet," said Mrs Crawford, holding her closely in her
arms. "I should dearly love to keep her myself!"

"Oh, do!" cried Kristy eagerly, "that is, if Kate'll give her up.
What's her name, Kate?"

"Of course I don't know her real name," said Kate; "but I think I
shall call her Francesca, after the place where I found her."

"That'll be good," said Kristy.

But now Uncle Tom interrupted, taking the sleepy baby in his arms.

"Miss Francesca ought to be in bed long ago, so we must say
good-night, everybody," and he started off. Kristy cried after him,
"Good-night, Uncle Tom, and thank you for the fine ending to my Rainy
Day Picnic."

By Olive Thorne Miller

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Transcriber's Note:

Variations in hyphenated words have been retained as in the
original publication.

On page 117 an open quotation mark has