"Always—if you will, Jewel."
He certainly had not intended to say it until autumn leaves were falling, and he should have made certain that it was not putting his head into a noose; but the child's face rewarded him now a thousand-fold, and made the moment too sweet for regret.
"Didn't we know that Divine Love would take care of us, grandpa?" she asked, with soft triumph. "We did know it—even when I was crying, we knew it. Didn't we?"
The broker drank in her upturned glance and placed his other hand over the one that was clinging to him.
CHAPTER VII
MRS. EVRINGHAM'S GIFTS
When Mrs. Evringham opened her eyes the following morning, it was with a confused sense that some great change had taken place; and quickly came the realization that it was a happy change. As the transforming facts flowed in more clearly upon her consciousness, she covered her eyes quickly with her hand.
"'Green pastures are before me!'" she thought, and her heart grew warm with gratitude.