My own dear father pays my way all the time and I don't need to buy any of the fine things I see for sale here and there." "My dear child," he said, with emotion, "you may do just as you please about that.

I am very glad that my little girl is so willing to deny herself to help others, and I must tell you for your comfort that a good deal of money has already been raised for the benefit of those sadly bereaved ones." "You gave some, papa?
Oh, I know you did!" "Yes, daughter, I gave out of the abundance of means which God has put into my hands, certainly not that it may all be spent upon myself and dearest ones, but entrusted to me that some of it may be used for the relief of suffering humanity; and it is a very great pleasure--an inestimable privilege--to be permitted thus to ally to some extent the woes of poverty and bereavement." "Yes, papa; I feel it so, and am thankful that you approve of my doing what I can to help those poor, bereaved ones." "I am very glad my little girl is unselfish enough to desire to do so," he responded.

He passed a hand tenderly over her golden curls as he spoke, and kissed her again and again with warmth of affection.
"Do you want to join the others on the deck ?" he asked presently, "or would you rather go at once to your bed and rest?
You are looking very weary." "I am tired, papa," she replied, "but I think that to lie in one of the steamer chairs on deck, and listen to the talk, will rest me nicely." "You may do so for an hour or two," he said.

"I will help you up there; but when the others scatter--as they probably will by that time--I want you to go to your bed and try to get a good, long night's sleep.

I must take good care of my feeble, delicate little girl that she may gain, and not lose, by this trip to the North and visit to the World's Fair." He took her in his arms as he spoke, carried her to the deck and deposited her in a vacant lounging chair, then seated himself by her side and took Neddie on his knee.
Violet was on her husband's other side, and Dr.Conly and his Marian near at hand on the farther side of Grace.
"You are looking weary, little cousin," he remarked, giving her a searching look; "so weary that were I asked for a prescription it should be an early retirement to your berth, to be followed by a long night's rest.