`` Pleas 'm , it was I , but I did n't mean any harm . All the other little girls had a grave , and I had n't any , so I just adopted this one . '' `` Did you know whose it was ? '' asked the lady gently . `` Yes 'm -- Jordan Slade 's . Mrs. Wilson told me . '' `` Jordan Slade was my brother , '' said the lady . `` He went sadly astray , but he was not all bad . He was weak and too easily influenced . But whatever his faults , he was good and kind -- oh ! so good and kind -- to me when I was a child . I loved him with all my heart . It has always been my wish to come back and visit his grave , but I have never been able to come , my home has been so far away . I expected to find it neglected . I can not tell you how pleased and touched I am to find it kept so beautifully . Thank you over and over again , my dear child ! '' `` Then you 're not cross , ma'am ? '' said Freda eagerly . `` And I may go on looking after it , may I ? Oh , it just seems as if I could n't bear not to ! ''
`` You may look after it as long as you want XXXXX , my dear .
Freda Mrs. Pleas Slade Wilson faults over so to with