"Now, Philly, don't. We're supposed to be leaning on her for support."
"Oh, come now, lean on that old thing! Why she couldn't support a postage stamp standing edgewise, as the man says in the play. Do you suppose I don't know how you have to look out for her and do everything? She's not a bit of use."
"Yes; but you and I have got to be polite to her, Philly. We mustn't forget that."
"Oh, I'll be polite enough, if she will just leave us alone," retorted Phil.
Promising!
CHAPTER VII.
MAKING ACQUAINTANCE.
hil was better than his word. He was never uncivil to Mrs. Watson, and his distant manners, which really signified distaste, were set down by that lady to boyish shyness.