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UNA INTERVENES 93distress. She could never bear to hurt a child. "I don'tsayI won't take her but the idea is so new it has justkerflummuxed me. I must think it over."too."Mary is so smart," said Una again."Humph! So I've heard. I've heard she swears,Is that true?""I've never heard her swear exactly" faltered Unauncomfortably. "But I'm afraid she could/'"I believe you Does she alwaystell the truth ?"!"I think she does, except when she's afraid of awhipping.""And yet you want me to take her ?""Some one has to take her," sobbed Una. "Someone has to look after her, Mrs. Elliott.""That's true. Perhaps it is my duty to do it," saidMiss Cornelia with a sigh. "Well, I'll have to talk itover with Mr. Elliott So don't say anything about itjust yet Take another doughnut, dearie."Una took it and ate it with a better appetite."I'm very forid of doughnuts," she confessed."Aunt Martha never makes any.But Miss Susan atIngleside does, and sometimes she lets us have a platefulin Rainbow Valley. Do you know what I do whenI'm hungry for doughnuts and can't get any, Mrs.Elliott?""No, dearie.What?""I get out mother's old cook book and read thedoughnut recipe and the other recipes. They soundso nice. I always do that when I'm hungry especially