“I like them that way,” replied one of the boys. “It makes them taste different.”
That night after supper no one wrote any letters, which was unusual, and one of the boys jokingly asked another near him, “Why don’t you write a letter home to your sister?”
“I am afraid,” replied the lad, “she might answer it in person like Jim’s sister did.”
Jim has taken a job on a farm and is saving his money. He has nearly enough to return to his old home; he refuses to accept any aid from his father or sister.
“I will go back as I came away—independently.”
