quick. But we're mighty glad to see 'em, ain't we, Mandy? I hope
you're all as hungry as I am." He went to the kitchen door and
called, "Mrs. Crowley, we're waiting for the supper."

"How I wish Uncle Ike could be with us," said Alice.

"Why can't you call him?" asked Quincy.

"He's too weak in his legs to come down," said Mandy.

"I'll fetch him," and Quincy bounded up stairs, while Mandy got a
place ready for him.

Quincy soon returned with Uncle Ike in his arms and placed him in a
big arm-chair at the head of the table.

Alice looked up and smiled at her husband.

"Now it is much more like old times," she said, softly.

Maude, who had been an interested listener and spectator, finally
exclaimed, "I'm not surprised that you stayed down here four months,
Quincy, but we used to wonder, until we saw Alice, what the great
attraction was."

Maude's explosive remark caused a general laugh in which Uncle Ike
joined. Alice, feeling that all eyes were fixed upon her, blushed
prettily, "As my husband's residence here brought good to others as
well as to myself, I am glad that a poor, blind girl, such as I was,
proved an attraction strong enough to keep him here."