4/45 Haven't you, Alice ?" "Yes, papa," she said; and turned to go out, but Lamb checked her. I know how it upsets sick folks when people outside the family come in for the first time." "You don't upset me," Adams said. "I'll feel a lot better for getting a glimpse of you, Mr.Lamb." The visitor's laugh was husky, but hearty and re-assuring, like his voice in speaking. "That's the way all my boys blarney me, Miss Alice," he said. "They think I'll make the work lighter on 'em if they can get me kind of flattered up. |