American Fairy Tales

“Excuse me,” he said, while the child gazed at him in solemn surprise. “Are you Jane Gladys Brown?” “Yes, sir,” she answered. “Very good; very good, indeed!” he remarked, with a queer sort of smile. “I’ve had quite a hunt to find you, but I’ve succeed­ed at last.” “How did you get in?” inquired Jane Gladys, with a growing distrust of her visitor. “That is a secret,” he said, mysteriously.