The child was given to saying her father "un'erstood."
"When did you hear from Wathemah, Esther?" the father asked.
"About ten days ago. I'll read you his letter. I shall not be surprised to see him any day, now."
"Wathemah is my big brother, Father. Mother said so. She says he's always been my big brother, only I didn't re'lize it, you know."
The parents looked amused.
"Yes, Edith, he is your brother, and a dear brother, too," said the father.
When they were seated on the veranda, and the child was perched on her father's knee, Esther brought Wathemah's last letter, and read it aloud to her husband.
"Dear Mother Esther:
"This is probably the last letter I shall write you from Harvard for some time. As soon as Commencement is over, I shall go to Carlisle again for a brief visit, and then start for Arizona, to Father Kenneth and you, my dear Mother Esther, and my little sister and Carla and Jack. Now that the time approaches for me to return to you, I can hardly wait.
"I may have expressed my gratitude to you and Father Kenneth in different ways before, but I wish to do so again now.