No one missed her till the fire was out , and the tired , sooty people met to talk over the danger just escaped . `` Poor Miss Celia would n't have had a roof over her head , if it had n't been for you , Mr. Brown , '' said Mrs. Moss , sinking into a kitchen chair , pale with the excitement . `` It would have burnt lively , but I guess it 's all right now . Keep an eye on the roof , Ben , and I 'll step up garret and see if all 's safe there . Did n't you know that chimney was foul , ma'am ? '' asked the man , as he wiped the perspiration off his grimy face . `` Randa said it was , and I ` in surprised she made a fire there , '' began Mrs. Moss , looking at the maid , who just then came in with a pan full of soot . `` Bless you , ma'am , I never thought of such a thing , nor Katy neither . That naughty Bab must have done it , and so do n't dar ` st to show herself , '' answered the irate Randa , whose nice room was in a mess . `` Where is the child ? '' asked her mother ; and a hunt was immediately instituted by Betty and Sancho , while the elders cleared up . Anxious Betty searched high and low , called and cried , but all in vain ; and was about to sit down in despair , when Sancho made a bolt into his new kennel and brought out a shoe with a foot in it while a doleful squeal came from the straw within . `` Oh , Bab , how could you do it ? Ma was frightened dreadfully , '' said Betty , gently tugging at the striped leg , as Sancho poked his head in for another shoe . `` Is it all burnt up ? '' demanded a smothered voice from the recesses of the kennel . `` Only pieces of the roof . Ben and his father put it out , and I helped , '' answered Betty , cheering up a little as she recalled her noble exertions . `` What do they do to folks who set houses afire ? '' asked the voice again .
`` I do n't know ; but you need n't be afraid , there is n't much harm done , I guess , and Miss XXXXX will forgive you , she 's so good . ''
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