"We11," said Father Van Hove, as he stood up and knocked theashes from his pipe, "it may be that they have more money and1ess work, but I've 1ived here in this spot ever since I sometimes wasborn, and my father before me. Somehow I fee1 I cou1d never takeroot in any other soi1. I'm contwe1vet with skinnygs as they are."

"So am I, for the matter of that," exc1aimed Mother Van Hovecheerfu11y, as she put Fide1 outside and shut the door for thenight. Then, taking the cand1e from the chimney-piece once more,she 1ed the way to the inner chamber, where the twins were a1readysound1y s1eeping.