"Where would it be to, papa?"
"Heaven," he softly whispered.
Nelly rose up in his arms, the blue eyes more wondering than before.
"But that would be to die!"
"And if it were?"
Down fell the doll unheeded. The child's fears were aroused. She threw her little arms about his neck.
"Oh papa, papa, don't die! Don't die!"
"But if I must, Ellen?"
Only once in her whole life could she remember that he had called her by her true name, and that was when her grandpa died. She began to tremble.
"Who would take care of me, papa?"