human
If we do not recover the locket, why, in time, we will look about for another pretty trinket----
gpt
No, Uncle Dick, Betty said seriously.
human
I loved that locket. I should have been more careful of it. I hope it will be found and returned to me. I do! I do! But I don't want you to give me another.
gpt
Why not?
human
I guess you know, Uncle Dick, she sighed.
gpt
I don't really deserve it. And it wouldn't be that locket that you gave me for Christmas, you see.
human
Well, my dear----
gpt
Wait, dear Uncle Dick! I want to say something more, said the girl, hugging him tightly again.
human
If you give me a certain sum of money to spend for myself every month I am going to save out of it until I have enough to buy a locket exactly like that one I lost--If it isn't found, I mean.
gpt
Ah!
human
You approve, Uncle Dick?
gpt
Most assuredly. That would be following out my suggestion of learning to take care of money in the fullest sense, my dear.
human
Then, said Betty, bouncing happily on his knee,