But all we know are married." "He isn't." "Give a name, for pity's sake I'm suffering tortures of suspense," begged Charlie.
"Alexander Campbell." "Uncle?
Well, upon my word, that's a relief, but mighty absurd all the same.

So, when you find a young saint of that sort, you intend to marry him, do you ?" demanded Charlie much amused and rather disappointed.
"When I find any man half as honest, good, and noble as Uncle, I shall be proud to marry him if he asks me," answered Rose decidedly.
"What odd tastes women have!" And Charlie leaned his chin on his hand to muse pensively for a moment over the blindness of one woman who could admire an excellent old uncle more than a dashing young cousin.
Rose, meanwhile, tied up her parcels industriously, hoping she had not been too severe, for it was very hard to lecture Charlie, though he seemed to like it sometimes and came to confession voluntarily, knowing that women love to forgive when the sinners are of his sort.
"It will be mail time before you are done," she said presently, for silence was less pleasant than his rattle.
Charlie took the hint and dashed off several notes in his best manner.
Coming to the business letter, he glanced at it and asked, with a puzzled expression: "What is all this?
Cost of repairs, etc., from a man named Buffum ?" "Never mind that I'll see to it by and by." "But I do mind, for I'm interested in all your affairs, and though you think I've no head for business, you'll find I have if you'll try me." "This is only about my two old houses in the city, which are being repaired and altered so that the rooms can be let singly." "Going to make tenement houses of them?
Well, that's not a bad idea such places pay well, I've heard." "That is just what I'm not going to do.

I wouldn't have a tenement house on my conscience for a million dollars not as they are now," said Rose decidedly.
"Why, what do you know about it, except that people live in them and the owners turn a pretty penny on the rents ?" "I know a good deal about them, for I've seen many such, both here and abroad.

It was not all pleasure with us, I assure you.

Uncle was interested in hospitals and prisons, and I sometimes went with him, but they made me sad so he suggested other charities that I could be of help about when we came home.