"Yes, I believe I am."
"Why," said the lively young lady, "I always thought guardians were old, and cross, and bald-headed."
"I don't know but that description will suit me after a while," said Dick. "My hair has been coming out lately."
"Has it, really?" said Ida, who took this seriously. "I hope you won't be bald. I don't think you would look well."
"But I might wear a wig."
"I don't like wigs," said the young lady, decidedly. "If you were a lady now, you might wear a cap. How funny you'd look in a cap!" and she burst out into a peal of merry laughter.
"I think a cap would be more becoming to you," said Richard.
"Do you ever scold your ward?" asked Ida.
"No, he's a pretty good boy. He don't need it."