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262 “Even when you remember that your first step must be to yield your idea of right to your  father’s?”

Ye-e-es.”

It was a long-drawn yes, and it told of a whole battle, and a victory. As Bessie bent over the boy for a moment, she saw that the lashes over the gray eyes were a little damp, and the lips were quivering. But there was no time for Phil to have so much as a tear, for just then the door opened and Ted rushed in, capering like a mad creature, while Fred stood beaming in the doorway.

“Why, Ted, what is the matter?” exclaimed Bess in wonder, as Ted rushed up to Phil, shook both hands furiously, and then backed out into the middle of the room, where he  executed a sort of clog-dance, to the rage of Fuzz, who barked himself hoarse, from the shelter of his basket, whither he had retired for safety.

“Jack Bradley fired that marble!” said Ted, interrupting his antics for a moment, and then  resuming them again more vehemently than  ever, while Fuzz leaped from his basket and