What I do for Willie will prove to have been done for us all." Certainly Willie's grandmother showed herself a very wise old lady.

The wisest old ladies are always those with young souls looking out of their eyes.

And few things pleased Willie more than waiting upon her.

He had a passion for being useful, and as his grandmother needed his help more than any one else, her presence in the house was an endless source of pleasure to him.
But his father grew anxious.

He did not like her giving Willie so much money--not that he minded Willie having or spending the money, for he believed that the spending would keep the having from hurting him; but he feared lest through her gifts the purity of the boy's love for his grandmother might be injured, and the service which at first had looked only to her as its end might degenerate into a mere serving of her for the sake of her shillings.
He had, therefore, a long talk with her about it.