But the man can work now and care for his old parents.

He was in despair, sick and poor, and too proud to beg; and our dear boy found it out, and took every penny he had, and never told even his mother till she made him.' Alice did not hear what Daisy answered, for she was busy with her own emotions--happy ones now, to judge from the smile that shone in her eyes and the decided gesture with which she put the little bud in her bosom, as if she said: 'He deserves some reward for that good deed, and he shall have it.' Mrs Meg was speaking, and still of John, when she could hear again: 'Some people would call it unwise and reckless, when John has so little; but I think his first investment a safe and good one, for "he who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord"; and I was so pleased and proud, I wouldn't spoil it by offering him a penny.' 'It is his having nothing to offer that keeps him silent, I think.

He is so honest, he won't ask till he has much to give.

But he forgets that love is everything.

I know he's rich in that; I see and feel it; and any woman should be glad to get it.' 'Right, dear.