To be sure, we have the evenings to ourselves, but we are then too tired to enjoy them." "Did you choose, this profession for amusement, or from necessity ?" inquired Beth, wondering if the question sounded impertinent.
"Stern necessity," answered Maud with a smile.

"We had our living to earn." "Could not your aunt assist you ?" asked Patsy.
"Aunt Jane?
Why, she is as poor as we are." "Arthur Weldon used to know the Montroses," said Beth, "and be believed Mr.Montrose left his widow a fortune." "He didn't leave a penny," asserted Florence.

"Uncle was a stock gambler, and when he died he was discovered to be bankrupt." "I must explain to you," said Maud, "that our father and mother were both killed years ago in a dreadful automobile accident.

Father left a small fortune to be divided between Flo and me, and appointed Uncle George our guardian.

We were sent to a girls' school and nicely provided for until uncle's death, when it was found he had squandered our little inheritance as well as his own money." "That was hard luck," said Patsy sympathetically.
"I am not so sure of that," returned the girl musingly.