The old man's face brightened at this, and then Jack and Carl, finding that he had had no breakfast, went off to a restaurant near by, and got him some steak and coffee.

The Italian was very grateful, and as he ate, Jack said the tears ran into his coffee cap.

He told them how much he loved his animals, and how it "made ze heart bitter to hear zem crying him to deliver zem from ze raging fire." The boys came home, and got their breakfast and went to school.

Miss Laura did not go out She sat all day with a very quiet, pained face and could neither read nor sew, and Mr.and Mrs.Morris were just as unsettled.

They talked about the fire in low tones, and I could see that they felt more sad about Mrs.Montague's death than if she had died in an ordinary way.