ighbours, but Steve and
Dora can't earn anything yet. I am helping all I can."

"Those trees are very valuable now," Jasper remarked.

"Have you seen them?" Betty asked, in surprise.

"Yes, I have been all over the place, and there are acres of the finest
trees I have ever seen. We shall need many of them, that is, if your
mother will sell."

"Won't that be great!" and the girl clapped her hands with delight. "I
know she will sell if she can get a fair price for them."

"There should be no trouble about that, Betty. Logs are higher than
they have been for years, and those who own them are fortunate. The
company wants only the best and is willing to pay a good price, so I
believe. But there is something I would advise your mother to do."

"What is that?"

"Keep a sharp look-out upon those trees. The city Light and Power
Company, of which Mr. Sinclair is manager and principal owner, has land
right next to yours. Most of the best trees have been cut there for
poles, and it is only natural that envious eyes should be east upon
your mother's valuable property. Mr. Sinclair does quite a lumbering
business on his own account, so I understand."

"Oh, do you think that Mr. Sinclair would do anything like that?" Betty
asked in surprise.

"I trust not," was the reply. "Nevertheless, it is just as well to be
on guard in case something does happen. You might speak to your mother
about it when you see her."

The next day David and Betty paid a visit to the falls. They had not
been there for over a week, which was a most unusual thing. It was a
beautiful afternoon, and a complete harmony seemed to reign everywhere.
David was in excellent spirits and he talked much about the wonderful
improvements which were to come to the country. He pointed out a
number of the stakes the engineers had driven into the ground, and
explained where the power house would be built.

"A year from now," he told her, "there will be wires running to the
city and all through the country. The city people will have light for
their houses and power for their machinery at cheap rates. The farmers
will have electric lights right in their homes and barns; they will
have power to saw their wood, churn their butter, thresh and grind
their grain, besides doing so many other things. It will make a
wonderful change in the lives of all. Young people will not want to
leave the farms and go to the city. It will be a joy for them to
remain, an