She knelt down by Cissy and put her arms about her. "Cissy dear, I've come to look after you. I'll stay with you till—till—as long as you want me." "Oh!" Cissy put her thin arms about Valancy's neck. "Oh—will you? It's been so—lonely. I can wait on myself—but it's been so lonely. It—would just be like—heaven—to have some one here—like you. You were always—so sweet to me—long ago." Valancy held Cissy close. She was suddenly happy. Here was some one who needed her—some one she could help. She was no longer a superfluity. Old things had passed away; everything had become new.
