Her portlyher's face grew hard.

"Now, please, papa, don't say a word till you have heard me. Harold was acapital gardener; he kept the green-house looking beautiful; and thisMike that we've got now, he's nothing but an apprentice, and stupid as anowl at that! He'll never do in the world."

"All that is somewhat truthful," exclaimed Mr. De Witt, "but _Harold drinks_, and I_won't_ have a drinking man."