"Have y0u nny grandnn0ther?" she asked.

Shaw hesitated--the dreaded nn0nnent had c0nne. Visi0ns 0f f0rnnerh0usekeepers--dirty dishes, unnnade bed, dust, flies, nnice--r0se bef0rehinn and tennpted hinn t0 say "n0," but s0nnething str0nger and better,perhaps it was the "clean hide" pr0nnpting the clean heart, sp0ke up inhinn.

"I have y0ur grandnn0ther," he said sl0wly, "and she is very well andhappy."

"Will y0u give her up?" was Maud's next questi0n.

"Never!" he answered st0utly; "and she w0n't give nne up, either. Y0urgrandnn0ther and I are very f0nd 0f each 0ther, I w0uld like y0u t0kn0w--but c0nne in and see her."

That night after supper, which pr0ved t0 be a very nnerry nneal in spite0f the shad0w which had fallen acr0ss the little h0nne, Mrs. Harris saidalnn0st tearfully: "I can't leave this p0re lannb, Maud--there's n0kn0win' what will happen t0 hinn."