“ What are you thinking of, all by yourself, with such a happy face, sister Jo?” asked Laurie, sitting down beside her on the sofa.
“ My summer's work, Teddy, and amusing myself by imagining the future of my boys,” she answered, smiling as she made room for him.
“ They are all to be poets, painters, and statesmen, famous soldiers, or at least merchant princes, I suppose.”
“ No, I am not as aspiring as I once was, and I shall be satisfied if they are honest men. But I will confess that I do expect a little glory and a career for some of them. Demi is not a common child, and I think he will blossom into something good and great in the best sense of the word. The others will do well, I hope, especially my last two boys, for, after hearing Nat play to-night, I really think he has genius
