"I'll tell you about it by and by, Father.

It would take too long to tell now.
He saved my life once more, that's all." "Oh! that's all! Humph! And you did not think a trifle like that worth mentioning to me, I suppose.

Would you mind telling me what it was he saved you from this time ?" "From starvation.

I was a famished wayfarer and he took me in.

There, Daddy, don't puzzle your poor brain any longer.