glance revealed the fact that it had been
provided with the necessaries.

"I think we can be very comfortable
here," said Jim, rather doubtfully.

Annie saw she must make some response.
"I am sure we can be more than comfort-
able, Jim," she replied. "We can be happy.
Show me, if you please, where my room
is. I must hang my cloak up in the right
place so that I shall feel as if I were getting
settled."

It was enough. Jim had no longer any
doubts. He felt sure they were going to be
happy ever afterward.

It was Annie who got the first meal; she
insisted on it, though both the men wanted
her to rest. And Jim hadn't the heart to
tell her that, as a general thing, it would
not do to put two eggs in the corn-cake,
and that the beefsteak was a great luxury.
When he saw her about to break an egg for
the coffee, however, he interfered.

"The shells of the ones you used for the
cake will settle the coffee just as well," he
said. "You see we have to be very careful