CHAPTER VIII.
GRANDMOTHER LEE.
Mrs.Lee, the grandmother of the Preston children, remained with the family for several weeks, after Thanksgiving.

Her visit was, on the whole, a pleasant one, though there were some shadows thoughtlessly cast over it by the children.

Age had somewhat impaired her sense of hearing, but yet she always wanted to understand everything that was said in her presence.

Often, when the children were talking to each other in a low tone, she would ask them what they were saying.

Ella did not like these interruptions, and was the first to complain of them.
"O dear," said she, one day, "I do wonder what makes grandmother so inquisitive.