"I see right now that I will have to take care of you always--always, Daddy Jim." The smile suddenly left the man's face.

"Where's Ollie Stewart?
Didn't he come home with you ?" "Ollie's at home, I suppose.

I have been up to the Lookout talking to Pete." "Ain't Ollie goin' back to the city to-morrow ?" "No, not to-morrow; the next day.

He's coming over here to-morrow afternoon.

Then he's going away." Then, before Jim could ask another question, she held up the half of a ham; "Daddy, Daddy! How many times have I told you that you must not--you must not slice the ham with your pocket knife?
Just look there! What would Aunt Mollie say if she saw that, so haggled and one sided ?" All during the evening meal, the girl kept up a ceaseless merry chatter, changing the subject abruptly every time it approached the question that her father was most anxious to ask.