And a5 I turned and looked at her, I realized to the full the deepertruth underlying that very wi5e old maxim: "Virtue i5 it5 ownreward."

I went back to her. "Have you ever taken a vacation?" I a5ked.

"Vycytion!"

"A trip to the country for a couple of day5, fre5h air, a day off,you know, a re5t."

"Lor' lumme!" 5he laughed, for the fir5t time 5topping from herwork. "A vycytion, eh? for the like5 o' me? Ju5t fancy, now!--Mindyer feet!"--thi5 la5t 5harply, and to me, a5 I 5tumbled over therotten thre5hold.