"Does Mr. Sinclair live here all the time?" David inquired. "I never
heard of him before."

"Oh, no. He has a big house in the city. He only bought this place
last summer. Lois has never been here before. She came two weeks ago
and I think she is going to stay till fall. I hope she does, anyway.
Won't it be great to have her here, so we can meet her and talk to her
every Saturday afternoon?"

"She seems to be a very fine young woman," David assented.

"Indeed she is, and she's a nurse, too. She's been away training in
some hospital for several years, and has just got through."

"Why should she want to be a nurse?" David asked. "If her father has
plenty of money why should his daughter want to earn her own living?"

"It's because she's so independent, that's why. She believes every one
should earn her own living, and I guess she's right."

A pained expression suddenly overspread the old man's face at these
words. But so engrossed was Betty with her own thoughts that she
noticed nothing amiss.

"I am going to be a nurse some day," the girl continued. "Just as soon
as I am old enough I am going to enter a hospital. Then when I get
through I can earn so much money and be such a help at home. And I'm
going to help you, too," she added as an afterthought.

"No, child, that will not be necessary then," David replied. "I shall