s with him this winter. Is that
perfectly clear?" Hal spoke slowly and with emphasis.

"It sounds clear, but it isn't," replied Walter, glancing at his father
with a rueful smile. He was thinking of the expense and that as things
then were he could not afford the trip.

Hal intercepted the glance and understood. "Oh, yes, it is," said he.
"It is perfectly clear. We leave here next week Friday night and you and
Pat are my guests until we reach Upper Chain the next morning. Then the
three of us become the guests of Doctor Merriam at Woodcraft Camp for a
day or two, and after that you and I will be the guests of--guess who?"

Walter shook his head. He was a trifle dazed by the way in which Hal
took everything for granted.

"Pat and his partner!" cried Hal, while Pat grinned broadly. "Pat's
trapping this winter instead of lumbering, and we're going to spend a
week in a real trapper's camp, and snow-shoe and have no end of fun.
Won't it be great? Walt may go, mayn't he, Mr. Upton?"

Mr. Upton laughed aloud. "I wouldn't dare say no in the face of such
completely organized plans," he confessed. "Of course he may go. It's a
splendid idea, and I suspect that when he comes back for the next term
of the school year he will be feeling so fine that nothing can stop him
from winning that scholarship he has set his heart on, and has been
working so hard for."

"Then it's all settled!" cried Hal. "Pat is going to stay and go back
with us, and while he is here it is up to us to show him what New York
is like. We'll begin by showing him the Great White Way to-night. Get
your coat and hat, Walt. The car is waiting. Won't you go with us, Mr.
Upton?"

"Not this time, thank you, Hal," replied Mr. Upton. "I have an
engagement for this evening, though I would much rather join you
youngsters than keep it. I feel that I am to lose something really worth
while--a rare pleasure."

"And the loss is equally ours, sir," said Pat as they rose to don their
coats.

Once more Walter eyed Pat quizzically. It was clear that the young
Irishman had been pursuing his studies under Doctor Merriam to good
advantage. Without the rich brogue it was a new and wholly different
Pat. But he forbore to make any comment, and in a few minutes they were
off to show Pat one of the most wonderful scenes in the world, New
York's famous Broadway by night.

CHAPTER II

PAT SEES WHITE MAGIC

Mindful of the lasting effect of first impressions Hal had con