With an amused smile, his sister willingly obeyed. Sammie followed her
into the house, mentally cursing Dick for his untimely interruption.




CHAPTER IV

A LITTLE CABIN

Betty and old David had a great afternoon out upon the water in the
small row-boat. They were delighted with Lois, and after she had left
them they watched her until she disappeared within the house.

"Isn't she wonderful!" Betty exclaimed, as she at length picked up the
oars which had been lying unused in the bottom of the boat.

"Who is she, anyway?" her companion asked, for it was evident that he
was as much lost in admiration as was the girl.

"Oh, she's Miss Sinclair, Lois, they call her, and her father is very
rich. He is president, or something like that, of the street railway
and the electric light company in the city. Ma knows all about him,
and she has told me a whole lot. He was very poor once, so she says.
He's awful mean and stuck up and won't have anything to do with the
people he knew when he was young. But his daughter isn't a bit like
him. She takes after her mother, so I understand, who was a very fine
woman."