His thin circlet of hair was nearly white, and his walk was no longer firm and upright.

But his glance was calm, and even cheerful, and his neat linen told of a woman's care.

Milly did not take all her love from the earth when she died.

She had left some of it in Patty's heart.
All the other children were now grown up, and had gone their several ways.

Dickey, you will be glad to hear, had shown remarkable talents as an engineer.