"I meant to; but you took a fellow up so."
"Ah! I see just how it all happened. You must remember that I feel so anxious about every penny while father is away, and, Bob, I do want us all to think for one another, and—and"—Betty makes a great effort—"and try to live just as the Lord would have us live, Bob."
Dead silence. Betty's heart beats rapidly. Then come the most unexpected words she has ever heard in her life.
"You do try."
"Bob! O Bob, don't say that. I don't deserve it!"
"Yes, you do, Betty. Do you think I haven't seen you trying? Come, come, old girl, don't cry."
"No—no, Bob; only I'm so happy. I——" Betty cannot trust her voice just now to pronounce another word.