86 Hurrah for the Holidays! .

 

some day, and know twelve or
fourteen languages, I think. 1
shall not be content till I know
‘more than anybody else. It will
be nice to be wiser than papa.
He's ever so clever, you see; but
then, of course, new things will be
found out every year, and sons
must always get a-head of their
fathers, or else the world would
stand still, you see.”

I didn’t quite see, but I pre-
tended to. Alick had been very
confidential lately, and I knew
what a sore spot there was in his
heart making him talk like this.
Hadn’t he confided to me with a