Belle was alone, and Jess and Royden were nowhere to be seen. She was delighted when she saw the provisions, and her eyes danced.
"Oh, I am so glad they have come," she exclaimed. "You won't have to worry any more now, will you?" and she turned to Abner.
"Worry! How did you know we was worryin'?" Abner asked in amazement.
"Oh, I know a thing or two," and the girl smiled. "I am not altogether blind, even though I am a little giddy at times."
"An' de ye know where them things came from?"
"I have a fairly good idea,"
"Ye have!"
"Why, yes," and again Belle smiled at Abner's astonishment. "I think my father sent them."
"He did! Ye'r father! How in blazes did he know how we was fixed?"
"I write to him, don't I? It was only natural that I should tell him about the boys we have here, and how the people of Glucom acted about that Orphans' Home, wasn't it?"