Oh, I hope you don't!" "You need not be at all troubled on that score" he said, patting her cheek and smiling down into her eyes.

"I have abundance of means and can well allow my daughters such pleasures.

'It is more blessed to give than to receive,' and when I give to you, and you use my gift in procuring something for another, it gives us both a taste of that blessedness." "So it does, papa, and oh, what a good place this is for making purchases! there are so many, many lovely things to be found in the various buildings." "And we meet so many relatives and friends from various quarters.

But that gives us the pain of a good many partings," and again he looked keenly at her as he spoke.
"Yes, sir," she said, "but one can always hope to meet again with those one cares particularly about; so I don't feel that I need to mourn while I have you, my dear father, and Mamma Vi and the little brother and sisters left; and I'm content and more than content, except that I miss dear Max and can't help wishing he were here to see and enjoy all that we do." "Yes; dear boy! I wish he could be," sighed the captain.

Then, with another caress, "Go now to your bed, daughter; it is high time you were there," he said.
"Just one minute more, please, papa, dear," she entreated, with her arm about his neck.