I wish you good luck," she said. "I hope you make all the money
in the world. But you won't forget us who are down here in the country
dawdling away our time in useless amusements."

"Forget you!" he returned impetuously. "Never for a minute!" and he
was in such deadly earnest about it that she hastily checked further
speech, although she did not know why.

"Good!" she hurriedly exclaimed. "I'm glad you will bear us in mind
while you're gone. Are you going to take your brother along?"

"No," he said with a smile. "I'm putting him in as my vacation
substitute, and I'll give him special instructions to call you up every
morning for orders. You'll find him in perfect discipline. He'll do
whatever you tell him."

"I shall give him a thorough trial," she laughed. "I never yet had
anybody to come and go abjectly at the word of command, and I think it
will be a delightful novelty."

Jack approaching just then, she took his arm quite comfortably.

"Your brother tells me that during his absence you are to be my chief
aide and attache," she advised that young man gaily; "that you'll fetch
and carry and do what I tell you; and the first thing you must do is to
call for me when you take Mr. Turner to the train."

It is glorious to part so pleasantly as that from people you have
persistently in mind, and Sam, with such cheerful recollections,
enjoyed his vacation to the full as he did new and brilliant and
unexpected things in closing up the Flatbush deal, keeping, in the
meantime, in constant touch with his office and with such telegrams as
these:

"Established new tennis record this morning Westlake nowhere and has
been snubbed do not know why."

"Bowled two eighty five last night against Princeman two twenty am
teaching her."

"Danced six dances out of twelve with her says I'm better dancer than
Billy Westlake."

"Jumped Hollis Creek after her hat on horseback this afternoon Hollis
dared not follow am to give her riding lessons."

Then came this one:

"Her father just told me she refused Princeman last night she will not
talk to Hollis and scarcely to me is dull and does not eat I beat all
entries in ten mile Marathon today and she hardly applauded wire
instructions."

Sam Turner took the next train. One look at Miss Stevens, after he had
traveled two years to reach Restview, made him suddenly intoxicated,
for in her eyes there was ravenous hunger for him and he read it, and
feeling rather s