What on earth do you want of a doll ? '' `` It 's for Bessie , '' said Tommy eagerly . `` You see , it 's this way . '' Then Tommy told Miss Octavia the whole story . Miss Octavia listened silently , sometimes nodding her head . When he had finished she went out of the room and soon returned , bringing with her the very identical doll that had been in Mr. Blacklock 's window . `` I guess this is the doll , '' she said . `` I bought it to give to a small niece of mine , but I can get another for her . You may take this to Bessie . '' It would be of no use to try to describe Bessie 's joy when Tommy rushed in and put Roselle Geraldine in her arms with a breathless account of the wonderful story . But from that moment Bessie began to pick up again , and soon she was better than she had ever been and the happiest little lassie in Arundel . When a week had passed , Miss Octavia again called Tommy in ; Tommy went more willingly this time . He had begun to like Miss Octavia . That lady looked him over sharply and somewhat dubiously . He was certainly very ragged and unkempt . But Miss Octavia saw what she had never noticed before -- that Tommy 's eyes were bright and frank , that Tommy 's chin was a good chin , and that Tommy 's smile had something very pleasant about it . `` You 're fond of flowers , are n't you , Tommy ? '' she asked . `` You bet , '' was Tommy 's inelegant but heartfelt answer . `` Well , '' said Miss Octavia slowly , `` I have a brother down at Chelton who is a florist .
He wants a boy of your age to do handy jobs and run errands XXXXX his establishment , and he wants one who is fond of flowers and would like to learn the business .
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