I am quite mystified." "Suppose I should say that it is your oldest son ?" "What, Frank ?" exclaimed Mrs.Frost, turning from her husband to her son, whose flushed face indicated how anxious he was about his mother's favorable opinion.
"You have hit it." "You were not in earnest, Frank ?" said Mrs.Frost inquiringly.
"Ask father." "I think he was.

He certainly appeared to be." "But what does Frank know about farming ?" "I asked him that question myself.

He admitted that he didn't know much at present, but thought that, with Mr.Maynard's advice, he might get along." Mrs.Frost was silent a moment.

"It will be a great undertaking," she said, at last; "but if you think you can trust Frank, I will do all I can to help him.

I can't bear to think of having you go, yet I am conscious that this is a feeling which I have no right to indulge at the expense of my country." "Yes," said her husband seriously.