"How many of them are boys?"
"There's two boys besides me, and three girls," said Sam, readily.
"What are their names?" asked Clara.
"Why," answered Sam, hesitating a little, "there's Tom and Jim and John, and Sam and Maggie."
"I don't see how that can be," said Clara, puzzled. "Just now; you said there were three girls and only two boys."
"Did I?" said Sam, rather abashed. "I didn't think what I was saying."
"Isn't your father alive?" asked the little girl.
"No; he's dead."
"And do you have to support the family?"
"Yes; except what mother does."