of Anne and her mother's,
and at last the party started for the station where the New York train
was scheduled to leave at five o'clock.

"Dear me, I do hope Sary and Jeb will be there on time," sighed Mrs.
Brewster, with a worried frown.

"Don't worry about them, Mah, because I'll say they have been waiting
for us this last hour," laughed Sam Brewster.

"Sary wouldn't give Jeb a moment's peace until she got that ring," added
Anne Stewart, laughingly, "and once she had it she would never give him
another moment's peace until she had shown it to every one of us!"

"Anne's right, mother," giggled Polly, nodding her head wisely.

And so it turned out. When the Brewster party reached the station in
Denver, and before Sam Brewster could seek for his two servants Sary
shouted so that every one at that end of the building heard her.

"Here we-all be, Mr. Brewster! Jeb an' me's be'n lookin' out fer you-all
this last hour! Come right on, and see mah ring!"

Eyes turned in the direction of the voice and there stood Sary, perched
upon one of the benches in order to look over the heads of the people
who stood about in groups or who kept going and coming through the
station. She was waving her hand wildly to attract the attention of her
party. Eleanor laughed so hysterically at the sight that she could
hardly stand, but Polly dragged her along after the others until they
reached Sary and Jeb.

"Ah d'clar' to goodness, folks! This city is one big camp, all right!"
vouchsafed Jeb, his eyes wide enough to pop at the great adventure.

"Don't you-all go talkin' of sech things, Jeb, when we-all got more
important things to do," was Sary's scathing criticism, as she gave Jeb
a shove to quiet him. "Here--jest you-all look at this diamond! Three
times bigger'n Anne Stewart's! Pull off that glove, Anne, and le's see
mine and your'n side by side!" exclaimed Sary, eagerly.

Anne laughed but complied with the challenge. Two hands were compared--a
small white hand with polished nails and with a sparkling diamond
shining upon the third finger of the left hand, and a large-boned red
hand with stubby nails on the fingers, but one finger displaying a great
Rhinestone set so high that it would have been a menace had Sary tried
to use her fist on an enemy. Jeb stood by grinning widely at the praise
bestowed upon him for his choice of the largest stone in the department
store.

"Cost some cash, that stone, eh Jeb?" chuckled Sam Brewster.