Can you do it?
I shall be glad to see you home, as I'm jolly low in pocket-money, besides the affection one feels for those who are absent.

Jill joins in love.
"Your affectionate `Tom.' "_P.S_ .-- Auntie Eva is not nearly so down on her luck now that Roger's taken his turn.

If he's well enough she's going to have a little kick- up on his birthday, which will be rare larks." "A letter!" inquired Ratman, who had watched the not altogether delighted expression on his friend's face as he read it.

"Good news?
May I read it ?" "If you like," said the captain, tossing it across the table.
Ratman, who evidently had a better appreciation of juvenile vagaries than the father, read it with an amused smile on his face.
"Nice boy that," said he; "he and I will be friends." "Remember," said the captain, "our bargain.

Do and say what you like with me, but before my children--" "Don't be afraid, Teddy, my boy.