` Has he said anything to you , dear ? ' ` No ; and I guess why . The kind boy thinks it would make me unhappy . It would n't . But I know his ways ; so I wait , and hope all will go well with him . ' ` It must . No girl in her senses would refuse our John , though he is n't rich , and never will be . Daisy , I 've been longing to tell you what he did with his money . He told me last night , and I 've had no time since to tell you . He sent poor young Barton to the hospital , and kept him there till his eyes were saved -- a costly thing to do . But the man can work now and care for his old parents . He was in despair , sick and poor , and too proud to beg ; and our dear boy found it out , and took every penny he had , and never told even his mother till she made him . ' Alice did not hear what Daisy answered , for she was busy with her own emotions -- happy ones now , to judge from the smile that shone in her eyes and the decided gesture with which she put the little bud in her bosom , as if she said : ` He deserves some reward for that good deed , and he shall have it . ' Mrs Meg was speaking , and still of John , when she could hear again : ` Some people would call it unwise and reckless , when John has so little ; but I think his first investment a safe and good one , for `` he who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord '' ; and I was so pleased and proud , I would n't spoil it by offering him a penny . ' ` It is his having nothing to offer that keeps him silent , I think . He is so honest , he wo n't ask till he has much to give . But he forgets that love is everything . I know he 's rich in that ; I see and feel it ; and any woman should be glad to get it . ' ` Right , dear . I felt just so , and was willing to work and wait with and for my John . '
` So she will be , and I XXXXX they will find it out .
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