"Mrs. Forbes."

"Go away? Mrs. Forbes? What are you thinking of! I couldn't get on
without Mrs. Forbes."

"Oh!" Jewel leaned back with the long-drawn exclamation. "I thought she
was what made you look sorry."

"No indeed. I have enough things to make me sorry, but she isn't one of
them."

"Do you like her?" wonderingly.

"I--why--I respect her profoundly."

"Oh! It must be lots easier to respect her pro--the way you do, than to
like her; but," with firm lips, "I've got to love her. I told Anna Belle
so this morning, and especially if you want her to stay."

"Bless my soul!" Mr. Evringham looked in dismay as his _vis-à-vis_. "You
must be very careful, Julia, not to offend or trouble her in any way,"
he said.

"All right, grandpa, I will, and then will you do me a favor too?"

"I must hear it first."

"Would you mind calling me Jewel? You know it isn't any matter about the
rest, because they're not my real relations, but Julia is mother's name,
and Jewel is mine; and when I love people very much, I like them to call