CHAPTER XIX.
NEW RELATIONSHIPS AND NEW TITLES.
"Are you hungry, Gracie darling?" her father asked with tender solicitude.
"No, papa," she said, "we had our breakfast just a little while before Aunt Beulah brought us here."
"Well, if ever you suffer from hunger again it shall not be your father's fault," he returned with emotion.
Taking out his watch, "We have a full half hour yet," he said. "Max, my son, do you know of any place near at hand where oranges, bananas, cakes, and candies are to be had?"
"Oh, yes, papa! just at the next corner."
"Then go and lay in a store for our journey," handing him some money.
"May I go too, papa?" asked Lulu, as Max set off with alacrity.