he time somehow, and he couldn't very well refuse to
let her come in to meet us. Besides, she's on the eve of going away, and
father likes to do the handsome thing. He was doing it for other people,
though, when Lawrence and I were kids. He never took us in any swan boats."

"Poor little boys!" murmured Julia.

"Oh, not at all," returned Harry, laughing rather sardonically. "We took
ourselves in the swan boats and in a variety of other places not so
picturesque. Father's purse strings were always loose, and so long as we
kept out of his way he didn't care what we did. Nice old place, this,
Julia?"

"Oh, it's very fine. I had no idea how fine." Her tone was somewhat
awestruck.

"I used to know, absolutely, that father was through with me, and that
therefore I was through with Bel-Air; but I'm a new man," the speaker
smiled down at his wife and pressed her closer to him, "and I've been
telling father why, and how."

"Is that what you've been talking about?"

"Yes. He seemed interested to hear of my business and prospects and asked
me a lot of questions; so, as I only began to live less than a year ago, I
couldn't answer them without telling him who and what had set me on my
feet."

"Oh, Harry! You've really been talking about Science?"

"Yes, my dear, and about you; and I tell you, he wasn't bored. When I'd let
up a little he'd ask me another question; and at last he said, father did,
'Well, I believe she'll make a man of you yet, Harry!' Not too
complimentary, I admit, but I swallowed it and never flinched. I knew he
wasn't going to see enough of you in two days to half know you, so I just
thought I'd give him a few statistics, and they made an impression, I
assure you. After that if he wanted to set me down a little it was no more
than I deserved, and he was welcome."

For a long moment the two looked into one another's eyes, then Harry spoke
in a subdued tone:--

"You've done a lot for me, Julia; but the biggest thing of all, the thing
that is most wonderful and that means the most to me, and for which I'd
worship you through eternity if it was _all_ you'd done, is that you have
taught me of Christian Science and shown me how it has guarded that child's
love and respect for me, when I was forfeiting both every hour. I'll work
to my last day, my girl, to show you my gratitude for that."

"Darling boy!" she murmured.

Next morning at rising time Jewel was still wrapped in slumber. Her parents
looked at her