"Oh! you won't have me? You push me away."
"Why, Jessy, you care nothing about me. You never come to see me now at the Hollow."
"Because you don't ask me."
Hereupon Mr. Moore gave both the little girls an invitation to pay him a visit next day, promising that, as he was going to Stilbro' in the morning, he would buy them each a present, of what nature he would not then declare, but they must come and see. Jessy was about to reply, when one of the boys unexpectedly broke in,--

"Oh! you won't have me? You push me away."
"Why, Jessy, you care nothing about me. You never come to see me now at the Hollow."
"Because you don't ask me."
Hereupon Mr. Moore gave both the little girls an invitation to visit next day, promising that, as he was going to Stilbro' in the morning, he would buy them each a present. Jessy was about to reply, when one of the boys broke in:
