Father said: "Well ?" "I thought, sir and ma'am, that I had better come and tell you about Master Sent Leger.

I would have come at once, but I feared to disturb you." "Well ?" Father had a stern way with servants.

When I'm head of the family I'll tread them under my feet.

That's the way to get real devotion from servants! "If you please, sir, I took the young gentleman into my room and ordered a nice breakfast for him, for I could see he was half famished--a growing boy like him, and so tall! Presently it came along.

It was a good breakfast, too! The very smell of it made even me hungry.