I have never known your uncle to do a purposeless thing." "You say," Virginia remarked slowly, "that he has no heart.

Why did he send for me, then?
Since I have been here, he has paid off the mortgage which was making my father an old man, he has sent my brother to college, and has promised, so long as I am with him, to allow them so much money that they have no more anxiety at all.

If you only knew what a change this has made in all our lives, you would understand that I do not like to hear you say that my uncle has no heart." Mrs.Trevor Harrison stopped rocking her chair, and looked at the girl thoughtfully.
"Well," she said, "what you tell me sounds very strange.

Still, I don't see what motive he could have had for doing all this." "Why should you suspect a motive ?" Virginia demanded.
"Because he is Phineas Duge," Mrs.Harrison said drily.

"But there, my dear child, I mustn't say a word against your uncle.