re to have her go!"

"Oh, Nolla! we are not anxious to have her go--don't say that!"
remonstrated Polly.

"Well, you know what I mean--everything will be so nice with no one to
be forever finding fault and nagging at one!"

"Maybe she wouldn't nag so much if you did not tease her so! Nolla, you
_know_ you are so clever that you have no patience with Bob's slowness
in getting things," replied Polly, unconscious of the fact that she had
found the very root of the trouble between the sisters.

"Anyway, Bob is on the high road to a society camp in the East, and we
will be able to go our own sweet way without her. But I brought you out
here to confess what I did! I wired father all about the mine, and the
Cliffs, and the Latimers and all--and also told him that the doctor
thinks a winter in New York will harden me splendidly. I wired the
doctor to tell him that this was true, and he _must_ tell father so.

"Well, I heard from Daddy; he balked at first--said it was rank
foolishness for any doctor to recommend the beastly climate of New York
City in preference to the West with its dryness. I had to calm him on
that point, and then I told him that Anne and her mother were going to
New York and I wanted to go with them. He knows how I hate the teas, and
bridge, and parties mother is always giving Bob, so I told him how
wretched I always was in winter, without friends or any one to talk
to--as mother and Bob were always too busy with social duties.

"Father hates these duties as much as I do, and he says mother has no
right to give all her time to Bob and never see me from one week's end
to another. So he was vulnerable in that spot. When I told him how he
could visit me in New York once a month, and spend several days going
around with me, he just caved in. And, Polly, I am sure he will agree to
my going with Anne.

"To-day, after I got his wire, I waited till Bob was out of the way,
then I sent a message to Anne, to tell her to be on the lookout for Dad
who was coming here on Saturday. I said it would be so nice for him to
ride down from Denver with John and her. And maybe John could explain
the financing of the two companies to him.

"I sent the second wire to Dad telling him to be sure and meet Anne at
the Denver Terminal at noon, on Saturday, as she would be expecting him.
So now I have all my irons in the fire and they're getting red-hot,
too!"

As Eleanor concluded, Polly laughed at her funny expression but
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