I knew there was none on the Island.

Alice--Alice--the first baby ever born in that little house.

No baby ever brought more joy! I've dandled her a hundred times.

It was from my knee she took her first steps alone.
Can't I see her mother's face watching her--and it was near sixty years ago.

Is she living yet ?" "No, she died when I was only a boy." "Oh, it doesn't seem right that I should be living to hear that," sighed Captain Jim.