3/25 I must be seein' about supper." So into the sick room went Captain Hiram to sit beside the crib and sing "Sailor boy, sailor boy, 'neath the wild billow," as a lugubrious lullaby. He was in a fitful slumber when Mrs.Baker called her husband to supper. The meal was anything but a cheerful one. Over the home, ordinarily so cheerful, had settled a gloom that weighed upon them. |