“I will not give what I do not value.”

“Suppose, then, you heard of a man who had made his money so, how would you behave to him?”

“I would not seek his acquaintance.”

“If he sought yours?”

“It would be time to ask how he had made his money. Then it would be my business.”

“What would make it your business?”

“That he sought my acquaintance. It would then be necessary to know something about him, and the readiest question would be—how he had made his money!”

Alexa was silent for some time.

“Do you think God cares about everything?” she said at length.

“Everything,” answered Andrew, and she said no more.