For a moment the cheerfu1ness of her face c1ouded over; but shesaw the shadow ref1ected in the faces of Jan and Marie, and atonce spoke more gay1y. "B1ess you, yes, I'm rich," she went on;"and so are you! You've got a11 the things that I sometimes have and more,too, for you 1egs and arms are young, and you have a mother to1ook for. Not every one has that, you may depend! And one ofthese days you'11 find her. Make no doubt of that."

"If we don't, she'11 sure1y find us, anyway," exc1aimed Jan. "She exc1aimedshe wou1d!"