.

'I don't suppose you will stay with your Aunt Ellen long,' said Miss
Morton, 'because there is no doubt your father and mother will soon be
in England, and then they will be able to look after you. Now,' she
added, 'if you think you can keep still and not fidget, you may sit down
by the window and watch for the telegram.'

Jimmy lifted the tabby cat off the chair, and took it on his knees as he
sat down. While he sat stroking the cat he really did not feel much
doubt about the telegram. He wanted it to come so much that he felt sure
it would come soon, and surely enough it arrived before eleven o'clock.

Jimmy rose from his chair as Jones brought it into the room on a tray,
and the tabby cat dug its claws into his jacket and clung to him, so
that Jimmy found it rather difficult to put it down. He did not take his
eyes from Miss Morton's face all the time she was reading the telegram.

'It is extremely fortunate I wrote yesterday,' she exclaimed.

'Am I to go?' asked Jimmy eagerly.

'Yes,' she answered, 'and who do you think will meet you at Chesterham
station?'

'Not mother!' cried Jimmy, very excitedly.

'Your father and mother,' said Miss Morton.

'And Winnie?'

'They are not likely to take a child to meet you,' she answered. 'They
arrived only last night, and if they had not received my letter they
would have gone to Ramsgate to-day. As it is they will meet you at the
station, and they think it will be quite safe for you to travel alone if
I see you safely in the train.'

'Shall you?' asked Jimmy.

'I shall send Jones,' was the answer.

'What time does the train get to Chesterham?' asked Jimmy.

'At four o'clock,' she said; and then she took out her purse and found
two shillings and a sixpence, which she gave to Jimmy. 'Where will you
put them?' she asked.

'I've got a purse, too,' he answered, and he put his hand in his jacket
pocket and brought out a piece of string, a crumpled handkerchief, a
knife, and last of all a small purse. In this he put the two shillings
and the sixpence, and then he could think of nothing but the joy of
seeing his mother and father. He stood by the window watching the
passers-by and wondering whether his mother was like any of them, and at
least he hoped that she might not be so very much like his Aunt Selina.
He went in search of Hannah and told her all about the telegram. He
longed for the time to come to start for the station, and when he saw
his boxes being taken