Tom looked so well that Nellie was very pleased to meet him.

She would have been glad to receive attention from him, and showed by her manner that she expected it.

But Tom could not forget that snub a couple of years before, when he was selling papers on a Broadway car.

He liked Sam and his father and mother, but couldn't forgive Nellie for hurting his feelings.

So, when the brother turned her over to him, Tom with exquisite courtesy raised his hat, bade her good-day, and strolled to another part of the boat.