"They are only little things," she said, "and I have grown to love them.

I know they are flaws; but I love them because----" "Say because they are mine.

You owe me that." "No; but because they are weaknesses I don't have.

I have others, but not those, and it is sweet to me to know that you are weak in some matters in which I am strong.

It makes me feel that I can be of use to you." "Are you insinuating that there are more of them ?" Tommy demanded, sitting up.
"You are not very practical," she responded, "and I am." "Go on." "And you are--just a little--inclined to be senti----" "Hush! I don't allow that word; but you may say, if you choose, that I am sometimes carried away by a too generous impulse." "And that it will be my part," said she, "to seize you by the arm and hold you back.