human
I _think_ so, Grandmother, she said presently.
gpt
It seems almost as if I should. Uncle Cliff needs me--and there's Gabriel, too! I should like to get him started in his new quarters. Do you know what Uncle Cliff is doing? Having a sleeping-porch built for him. We're going to bring him up outdoors. Doctor Clark says we won't know him in a year. The change has been perfectly wonderful in the little time he has been in Woodford. I had a letter from Miss Warren yesterday. She says he's crazy over the little Shetland pony Uncle Cliff bought for him--that he has a short ride every morning. Knight Judson has been spending a week-end with the General and he's been awfully kind to Gabriel. The pony? Oh, we were a little afraid to trust Gabriel to a Texas mustang yet, so Uncle Cliff found this little fellow. We're going to ship him ahead of our departure, so as to be at the ranch ready for Gabriel.
human
Gabriel is a very lucky boy, Mrs. Clyde said.
gpt
A _very_ lucky boy.
human
Oh, I don't know, Grandmother. He _is_--of course. But we're lucky, too--Uncle Cliff and I. You can't think what company he'll be to us. It's going to keep us from growing selfish and self-centred to have him. You know I've always wanted an orphan asylum all my own. This is just a starter.
gpt
Do you ever look ahead into the future, Blue Bonnet, and plan your life a little? Aunt Lucinda asked.
human
It seems to me that you are old enough now. Your mother was but a year older when she married.
gpt
And you want me to think about--that--too?
human
No; not yet. You are younger for your years than your mother was, and times have changed; but there is a forward movement all over the world to-day--onward and upward. I should like to feel that with the many blessings meted out to you, you could find your place in the world's work--become an avenue for good. I wish that you might have a definite purpose and work to an end. That is the only way to accomplish anything.
gpt
That's just exactly the way _I_ feel, Aunt Lucinda. For that reason I should like to come back here to school next year and be near Miss North. She has promised to let me do settlement work--to have a day each month at Dennison House--and Uncle Cliff has already put aside some money for my use. Gabriel isn't the only forlorn child in the world. Perhaps in the years to come he and I may be able to relieve others in distress--help make the world a little easier for those less fortunate than ourselves. That's what I _want_ to do. That's what I _will_ do!