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`` Father is not here , Bab . '' `` No-ot here ? '' gasped Bab . `` No ; he left on the seven o'clock train for Chicago this morning . After an all-night conference between him and Mr. Presby , it was decided that daddy must go into the city early this morning to see that Mr. Thompson whom you girls met at the wreck of the car on your journey to Chicago . I do n't know what it is all about , but I suspect it is money , '' concluded Ruth with a trace of bitterness in her tone . `` When I think how happy you girls are in your little home without wealth , I sometimes wish I had never known luxury .