"There would be no doubt of it if it were not for Old Jimmie, and the people he's kept her among, and the ideas he's been feeding her since she was a baby.

I don't think she has any love for her father; but they say blood is mighty thick and I guess with her it's just the usual instinct of a child to stand with her father and do what he says.

Yes, if she were not held back and held down by having Old Jimmie for a father, I'm sure she'd be all right." The Duchess felt that the moment had now arrived for her to unloose her secret.

But despite her fixed purpose to tell, her words had to be forced out, and were halting, bald.
"Jimmie Carlisle--is not her father." "What's that ?" exclaimed Larry.
"Not so loud.

I said Jimmie Carlisle is not her father." "Grandmother!" "Her father is Joe Ellison." "Grandmother!" He caught her hands.