She lives with her, I believe; doesn't she ?" "She does," rejoined Calderwell, with an unexpected chuckle.

"I wonder if you know how she happened to live with her, at first." "Why, no, I reckon not.

What do you mean ?" Calderwell chuckled again.
"Well, I'll tell you.

You, being a 'Mary Jane,' ought to appreciate it.
You see, Billy was named for one William Henshaw, her father's chum, who promptly forgot all about her.

At eighteen, Billy, being left quite alone in the world, wrote to 'Uncle William' and asked to come and live with him." "Well ?" "But it wasn't well.