"That is right; I am sure you will, and I am glad for you and proud of you, for you deserve it," Aunt Zélie said earnestly.
"Are you really?" he asked humbly, but looking in his pleasure quite like his old self.
"Why, of course we are all proud of you, boy," said Carl.
And Jim thought he had never been so happy before. He had discovered that there are some things better even than money.
CHAPTER XXIV.[ToC]
A DISAPPOINTMENT.
Dora thought one of the pleasantest things about housekeeping was being able to give a tea-party now and then. They were of necessity very small affairs, if for no other reason than because Mrs. Warner could not stand much excitement.