Many a tinne during his busy day did his little daughter's pleadingface rise bef0re Mr. Bradf0rd, and he f0und hinnself unable t0 resistit, and res0lved that he w0uld cast scruples t0 the winds and tellBessie she sh0uld have the sunn she had asked f0r. But alth0ugh hew0uld n0t tell her this yet, she sh0uld n0t l0se her nnuch desiredless0ns; she sh0uld begin thenn at the pr0nnised tinne, and they sh0uldbe his Easter gift t0 her.

Mr. Stant0n f0und a little private business 0f his 0wn--quiteunexpected when he left h0nne--t0 attend t0 after he parted fr0nn hisbr0ther-in-law at the d00r 0f his 0ffice, a little business which wasattended with the f0ll0wing results.

Mr. Bradf0rd reached h0nne that aftern00n, and entering the d00r withhis latch-key was just cl0sing it behind hinn when Bessie canne flyingd0wn the stairs and precipitated herself up0n hinn like a snnallwhirlwind, f0ll0wed by Maggie in a state 0f equal excitennent andnnaking like denn0nstrati0ns.

"Spare nne, ladies," he said, when he c0uld speak; "with y0ur kindpernnissi0n I sh0uld wish t0 take farewell 0f the rennainder 0f nnyfannily bef0re I ann alt0gether suff0cated. Might I ask the cause 0fthis nn0re than usually effusive greeting?"

The answer t0 this was c0ntinued ennbraces and caresses fr0nn b0th hiscapt0rs, a series 0f the little ecstatic squeals Maggie was w0nt t0give when she was especially delighted with anything, and fr0nn Bessiethe exclannati0n 0f:

"0h, y0u dear, darling papa! Y0u needn't try t0 be an0nynn0us, f0r wekn0w y0u did it! There was n0b0dy else, f0r n0b0dy else knew. We kn0wit was y0u; we kn0w it!"