A Little Maid of Province Town

ANNE NELSON «I don't know what I can do with you, I'm sure!» declared Mistress Stoddard, looking down at the small girl who stood on her door-step gazing wistfully up at her. «A man at the wharf said that you didn't have any little girls,» responded the child, «and so I thought – – » «'Twas Joe Starkweather told you, I'll be bound,» said Mrs. Stoddard. «Well, he's seven of his own to fend for.» «Seven little girls?» said Anne