Let me tell you,--and I am sure you will believe me,--my little girl is all I have.
She has been ailing for years, heart trouble mostly, with complications.
A comfortable voyage with no over-excitement might help, the doctors said; and that's the main reason for this trip.

She has always been interested in religious questions, which I naturally encouraged her in; but when she got mixed up somewhat with the 'Mormons,' that was quite another matter." "Why, may I ask ?" "Well, it excited her.

It brought her in contact with undesirable people, people not of her class and standing--" "Like me, for instance." "I did not say that." "You inferred it.

But pardon me.

I would not, for the world, do anything that would unfavorably affect your daughter." "I knew you would look at the matter sensibly.