for the remainder of the term and spent
more time on his studies than he had since he had entered college. The
result was, of course, that he made a good record, and the A that Henley
gave him in English delighted him so much that he almost forgot his
fraternity troubles. Not quite, however. During the first few weeks of
the vacation he often thought of talking to his father about Nu Delta,
but he could not find the courage to destroy his father's illusions. He
found, too, that he couldn't talk to his mother about things that he had
seen and learned at college. Like most of his friends, he felt that "the
folks wouldn't understand."

He spent the first two months at home working on the farm, but when
Norry Parker invited him to visit him for a month on Long Island Sound,
Hugh accepted the invitation and departed for the Parker summer cottage
in high feather. He was eager to see Norry again, but he was even more
eager to see New York. He had just celebrated his twentieth birthday,
and he considered it disgraceful that he had never visited the "Big
City," as New York was always known at Sanford. Norry met him at Grand
Central, a livelier and more robust Norry than Hugh had ever seen. The
boy actually seemed like a boy and not a sprite; his cheeks were tanned
almost brown, and his gray eyes danced with excitement when he spotted
Hugh in the crowd.

"Gee, Hugh, I'm glad to see you," he exclaimed, shaking Hugh's hand
joyously. "I'm tickled to death that you could come."

"So am I," said Hugh heartily, really happy to see Norry looking so
well, and thrilled to be in New York. "Gosh, you look fine. I hardly
know you. Where'd you get all the pep?"

"Swimming' and sailing. This is the first summer I've been well enough
to swim all I want to. Oh, it's pretty down where we are. You'll love
the nights, Hugh. The Sound is wonderful."

"I'll bet. Well, where do we go from here? Say, this is certainly a
whale of a station, isn't it? It makes me feel like a hick."

"Oh, you'll get over that soon enough," Norry, the seasoned New Yorker,
assured him easily. "We're going right out to the cottage. It's too hot
to-day to run around the city, but we'll come in soon and you can give
it the once-over." He took Hugh's arm and led him out of the station.

It had never entered Hugh's mind that Norry's father might be rich. He
had noticed that Norry's clothes were very well tailored, and Norry had
told him that his violin was a Cremona, but