the little girl

To the little girl he was a figure to be fered and avoided .Every morning before going to work he came into her room and gave her a casual kiss,to which she responded with ''Goodby Father And oh there was a glad sense of relief when she heard the noise of the carriage growing fainter and fainter down the rod! in the evning when he came home she stood near the staircse and heard tis loud voice in the hall.''Bring my tea into the drawing -room...Hasn' t the paper come yet ! MOTHER 'GO AND SEE IF MY PAPER