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“Yes, go away, Billy; I’m not afraid.” May Nell laughed happily. Her quick mind was delighted with the masquerading.,The chinking began in earnest. Moses stood, turning till each freckle on his ruddy face shone with honest sweat.,CHAPTER XI.—JONAH AND THE WHALE.,“She’ll be afraid to sleep in the downstairs bedroom,” Mrs. Bennett reflected, planning rapidly for the unexpected child whom she still had no thought of turning from her door.,“Jevver see sich a useless boy? Been learnin’ spellin’s orl day, I ’xpect.”,THE day was fine. Billy, not long released from his green shade, wondered if the world was ever so lovely before; the flowers so sweet, the birds so joyous. Could it be only a few short weeks since that gray Sunday? Billy’s confinement had quickened him, introduced him to himself; now he looked on life with wider eyes, with a more understanding heart.,After supper, Betty was sought diligently, but without success. At last Moses discovered her underneath the huge red tablecloth that covered the dining-room table. She was sound asleep on the floor with Jethro in her arms and his head on her bosom. Her face was smeared with tear-stains.,Mrs. Mifsud threw up her hands in dismay.,“To be shore you kin,” was the reply, “but don’t hurry too much an’ smarsh the crockery.”,“That’s good news. Run ahead, boy, and show us the way. Fly, fly!”,“Come, come! We can’t be cremated while we wait. Mush!”,BILLY, Flash is the cleverest cat ever!” May Nell exclaimed as she bounded in some days later..