"Ellen, look here," he said, in an intense, almost solemn voice, "father has got something to tell you." Fanny began to weep almost aloud.

Cynthia looked straight ahead, keeping her features still with an effort.

Robert studied the carpet pattern.
"Look here, Ellen," said Andrew; "you know that father has always wanted to do everything for you, but he ain't able to do all he would like to.

God hasn't prospered him, and it seems likely that he won't be able to do any more than he has done, if so much, in the years to come.

You know father has always wanted to send you to college, and give you an extra education so you could teach in a school where you would make a good living, and now here Miss Lennox says she heard your composition, and she has heard a good deal about you from Mr.Harris, how well you stood in the high-school, and she says she is willing to send you to Vassar College." Ellen turned pale.