CHAPTER III.

LUCY GETS A JOB AND MRS. CARTER GOES SHOPPING. Helen arrived on the eight forty-five from Grantley. She met her father going to the office just as she came up the front steps to their house. “Daddy, you look mighty cheerful for so early in the morning,” she said to him, as he stopped to kiss her. “I am cheerful, as cheerful can be and for good reason, too. I haven’t time to tell you now, but ask Nan.” Mr. Carter walked away as briskly as he used to do before his illness. “Nan, do tell me what Daddy is so blithesome…