Sammie full in the eyes. "One might do far worse than take an interest
in such people as I met this afternoon out upon the river. They
appealed to me very much and I am not ashamed to confess it. The man
is a perfect gentleman, while the girl is so pretty, and full of life
and fun."

"What's her name?" Dick asked. "I'm getting quite excited over her."

"She's Betty Bean, so she told me, and the old man is David Findley."

"What, Crazy David, that miserable pauper?" Mr. Sinclair asked. "And
you call such a creature a gentleman?"

"Certainly, and why not? His face is so beautiful, and his whole
manner shows that he has moved much in refined society."

"Ho, ho, that's a good one," and Dick leaned back in his chair and
laughed aloud. "Crazy David a gentleman, with a beautiful face, and
refined manners! Think of that, dad."

"Lois evidently doesn't know that Crazy David is a pauper, the Devil's
Poor, and was sold to Jim Goban to board and lodge for a year. He went
pretty low, so I understand."

At these words an expression of surprise came into Lois' eyes, mingled
with indignation. She looked keenly into her father's face, thinking
that he must be merely joking.

"I can hardly believe that what you say is true," she at length
remarked. "I did not know that such things were carried on in a