CHAPTER XIX.

RING OUT THE OLD. After their guests had gone, most of them went out to the club to watch the old year out and the new year in, and after Bobby had been put to bed already asleep, the Carters sat around the library fire to discuss the events of the past year. “This last year has been a wonderful one to me,” said Mr. Carter. “If any one had told me a year ago that I should ever be able to work again or to take any interest in any thing I should have laughed—or rather I suppose I should have cried at them. Now, thank…