Then, asking a question that had been in his thoughts for some time, he said: "How does your brother feel about it himself, Mrs.Ruth ?" "At first he thought he should tell everything.

He did not want to take the position under false pretenses, he said.

But when I explained how he might lose this opportunity and what an opportunity it might be for us all he agreed that perhaps it was best to wait.

And I am sure it is best, Jed.

But then, I mean to put the whole dreadful business from my mind, if I can, and be happy with my little girl and my brother.