Little Folks (December 1884)

CHAPTER XX.--MRS. MACDOUGALL FINDS DUNCAN.

A whole week elapsed, in which Mrs. MacDougall received no tidings of the children. Every day she trudged to the market-town and back, not able to bear the suspense without doing something. Every day she received the same answer, and turned away with a weary sigh. The men who answered her questions noticed her change from day to day, and sh...