s darted away. Our first
thought was that she had spied Miss Green, and was leaving us to our
fate for revenge; but a moment later we saw that she had seized upon
a tall man, who had been quietly crossing the platform. Her impudence
was appalling! She grabbed the man by the arm without a word of
explanation, and literally dragged him toward us. I don't think she
had spoken to him at all until she reached Anne and me.

"'"Here," she said, pointing a finger of scorn at me, "here is my
sister who is supposed to know German and doesn't. She'll tell you
how you can help us out."

"'The man, who wore a Thomas Cook and Son hat, was very polite after
he had recovered from his surprise. I explained the difficulty we
were in as quickly as possible, and he, in turn, said that
second-class tickets to Berlin cost in the neighborhood of four
dollars, that the train left in seven minutes, and that if we would
give him the money he would gladly make the purchase.

"'"Four dollars!" gasped Anne. "Apiece, you mean, or together?"

"'"Apiece," said the man.

"'"Then we can't go," said Anne. "I knew it all the time." And she
dropped in a limp little heap on the bench near by just as though she
never could get up.

"'"Why, what's the matter?" asked the man. "Out of money?"

"'Then Jess, who was really to blame, felt called upon to explain.

"'"Yes, sir, we are," she said, "all but eight dollars and fifty
cents. You see, we experienced a severe shock in seeing G---- Miss
Green, an old teacher of ours, by the drinking-fountain, when we
thought she was in Athens. We didn't feel as though we could speak to
her until--until we had washed and brushed up a little, and so
we--well, we ran, and somehow I lost our family purse."

"'"I see," said the man.

"'He seemed very interested all of a sudden, and said we needn't
worry at all if we had eight dollars and a half. There was another
train leaving an hour later, he said--a train which carried
third-class carriages. We would be quite safe in traveling that way,
and he would personally see us on board, if we wished. At that Anne
and her spirits arose.

"'"Miss Green," he repeated. "You say she was your teacher?"

"'"Yes," said I wonderingly. "She most certainly was."

"'"Harriet, her given name?" asked the man.

"'"Yes!" cried Jess and Anne and I all together. "You don't know her,
do you?"

"'"An angula