"I don't know, Papa. There's Mrs. Sleighter's voice. I don't like it
very much, but I think she's nice inside."

"Ah, you are right, my dear. Perhaps I should have said that a certain
kind of voice always goes with a beautiful soul."

"I know," replied his daughter. "That's like Mrs. Gwynne's voice. And so
we'll go down to the car and bring Larry home with us, and perhaps his
mother will let him come here. She did not say she would and you can't
tell. She's quiet, you know, but somehow she isn't like Mrs. Sleighter.
I don't think you could coax her to do what she didn't want."

"And Mrs. Sleighter--can you coax Mrs. Sleighter?"

"Oh, yes, the girls just coax her and coax her, and though she doesn't
want to a bit, she just gives in."

"That's nice of her. That must be very nice for the girls, eh?"

"Oh, I don't know, Papa."

"What? don't you think it is nice to be able to coax people to do what
you want?"

"It is nice to get what you want, but I think REALLY, REALLY, you'd
rather you could not coax them to do it just because you coax them."

"Ah, I see."

"Yes; you see, you're never really quite sure after you get it whether
you ought to get it after all."

"I see," said her father; "that rather spoils it."

"Yes, but you never do that, Papa."

"Oh, you can't coax me, eh? I am glad to know that. I was afraid,
rather."

"Well, of course, I can coax you, Papa, but you usually find some other
way, and then I know it is quite right."

"I wish I was quite as sure of that, Jane. But you are going to bring
Larry home with you?"

"Yes, if Mrs. Gwynne will let him come. I told her we had four rooms and
we were only using two, and they are all crowded up in Mrs. Sleighter's,
two girls in each room, and Tom's room is so tiny, and I don't think
Larry would like to go in Tom's room. And we have two empty rooms, so we
might just as well."

"Yes, certainly, we might just as well. You might perhaps mention it to
Anna."

"Oh, I did, Papa, and she said she would have it all ready."

"So it is all arranged. I was thinking--but never mind."

"I know you were thinking, that I ought to have asked you, Papa; and I
ought to have. But I knew that when a little boy had no home to go to
you would of course--"

"Of course," replied her father hurriedly. "You were quite right, Jane.
And with those two rooms, why not bring them all, Joe and Pete--Pete, is
it?"

"Sam, Papa. I am not so sure. I think we should leave Joe