e expansive smile which covered his swarthy face was not so much one of goodwill as embarrassment. He stood in the center of the room so that by no possible chance co

upholstered in satin of dainty colors made

him. And it was worse than cruel to keep pushing easy chairs before him and insisting upon him sitting

, he write-he wr

sick, Jo

g sick. "He well, so well-he get fat, b'gosh, so fat, Meester

izing any statement he wished to make particularly stron

e?" Joe nodded vigorousl

il, b'gosh. Yes, b'gos

y is it they do not

at he was about to say was a mere t

gosh. Meester Hobart, he say, 'No tear up road.' Joe Ratowsky, he say, 'No tear up road.' A

n the miners threaten to d

he give him one between his eyes like this." He doubled up his fist, showing how peace h

e. From childhood she had a dim recollection of someone taking her from her warm bed, and running across fields, seeki

l. They go back some day, so many tollars, every day for work.

us. She seized Mr. R

y, is my father in dang

hing. They no mad like the tiv

go over ocean. He no come back, mebbe so long till summer. When he

s of the soft-coal region; a man who visited the miners o

ard to the trouble. Being assured that her father was not in danger

verything." He shook his head vigorously to assure her how f

path. He sighed with relief when he had passed them, and saw a line of retreat o

the tivil. I tells him so. Yes, he will, b'gosh." The

packing their trunks. The hallway was obstructed with baggage of all de

tartle her, at least; the home news was told with her father's usual buoyant spirit. If he were harassed or annoyed, his letter writing did not show it. It was not until all the bright little bits of home life had been related that he mentioned the trouble at the mines-just a little local trouble, nothing general. Both her mother and he

y stopped to enquire of Elizabeth when she expected to leave Exeter, being surprised to see her sitting there in her school dress when the others were either packing or already

I had known about this sooner. I might have been able to arrange matters somehow. I do not like the idea of your being here alone. Exeter is dull with the girls gone. It's really unbearable. But I have arran

y seemed better to her than The Beeches with Landis. "I would not for the world cause you any

I could not let you have even a third floor room. Our cook always takes the privilege of a

ny event. I must go back to my room now. Mary is deep

are going into the city. Shal

hink

ke, or any danger to her father. Joe Ratowsky had reassured her, and besides her faith in her own father made her confident. There was no

n exclamation of delight. "I'm so glad you weigh something! Come, sit on my trunk while I turn the key. I can get the lid down, but it springs

from her strenuous efforts. Elizabeth did

se your Polish friend brought you news from home. I hurrie

he trunk beside Mary, she related the messages which Joe had

er hair, and without a word hurried to the door, flung it open with a great disreg

t and get down to the station," she said, unb

ut

order to emphasize her words. "You're going home with me. We'll talk it over afterward. We haven't time

t y

ing them in the trunk. Elizabeth did as she was told without questioning further. She was only too g

raveling suit, the product of a city importer. As usual, she carried her lithe, slender body proudly, as thoug

ection in her manner toward this new friend. "We were talking last night of mother's theses. I put some together for you to take with you to read. I really think you wi

d she gave her best when she confided them to Elizabeth. Slipping them into the tray of the trunk, she turned to the mirror to arrange her coll

me. I'll speak to Miss Brosius as we go down to lunch. She's the high-monkey-monk here when our Ph. D. is roaming. We have no time to waste. Jordan will see to the trunks and ticke

going to Mary's home. Then she stopped and suddenly put the

lways glad to have company. She would not be p

convenience her,

udden notions to go off and marry, and sometimes we do not have anyone to do the work. I think Fanny intended be

lways do

inconveniences mother. Once during court week, our only hotel burned. There was a big case on before father, and he brought all the witnesses and lawyers home. They were the

, a two hours' ride from Exeter

the Hall, but before they reached Ridgway

hich a tall person could scarcely stand upright. Windburne is the county-seat and consequently a place of impo

dirty. A hotel stood at the corner-a rough saloon. An engine with a coach usually waited on this narrow gauge track, but this afterno

ck of them. The girls turned to discover the

-stayed. You will not be a

urn about and

lled out just before No. 10 came

d it," said Eli

not a suitable place in which to spend the night, and they could not return to Exeter;

The girls stayed in the dingy waiting-room unt

ut of them." He assisted the girls into the sleigh, tucking the robes well about them. A moment later, they were speeding along the country road. The s

about here. This is beautiful in summer time. Landis Stoner lives in the last farmhouse along this road. After we pass there

?" asked Elizabeth, her teeth

our feet. She's very hospitable, and will make us comfortable." She leane

s bare boughs before the doorway, then someone was leading her to an easy chair, removing her wraps and rubbing her hands to make

body, mild and gentle in manner and voice. One felt that she was refined and had devoted the best of her life to serving others. She was dressed in a

ace big enough to accommodate a four-foot log, a bright rag carpet, and some wooden rockers wi

ould be to go there to school. But it was not to be. Landis, however, is having that privilege, and I am very thankful. Miss Rice-you have met her;

ures Landis had sent home-kodak views of

een at Exeter, I know it well. Landis writes of the teacher

ifferent light. The girl was evidently devoted to her mother, if one could judg

us. But I told her we were used to the quiet and were company for each other. I miss her, of course, but it would have been selfish to ha

Solicitous of their welfare, Mrs. Stoner brought extra wraps, warming them at the open fire, then securely p

ned to Mary with the explanation: "Do you know, she's really homesick to see Landis?

farewell to the little woman standing in the doorway o