o kiss the gray-haired gentleman who

ee Chang was much worried when I went in to dinner. His one consol

y of course it rather d

d to wash

I worked on for two days-you ought to see it, Uncle Dick! Grandma Watterby t

wn on the step an

r damages, Betty," he as

ing to make good; what

Faith had the material in her trunk for years. But it w

u have something to take

beside him. "I have so

eek, I'm going, too. Th

ke a little run

spend Christmas wi

tes long before the holidays. And Bob's aunts have finally made up their minds where they want

ly at her uncle. "What's Bob going to

d an unwilling grin turned t

Betty. "What ails him? I think it's silly to sit th

rned her uncle. "Suppose you 'fess up, Bob, and when

ell wrote me about a military academy in the East and put me in, touch with several boys who attend it. Uncle Dick thinks it

got her momentary displeasure at Bob's method of keeping

said Bob boyishly. "It

right across the lake f

. Littell told me of ar

t is going to be gr

etty. "Never! So you knew when I told you abou

no

you," he said with moc

de a lit

guided by the advice of Mr. and Mrs. Littell. I wish I could go to Washington with you, but that is impossible now. You must write me faithfully, both of you, though I suppose we'll have to expect the same delay

possible also gave them a heavier responsibility. He explained that each was to have an allowance and asked that each keep a cash account to be submitted to him on his return

he drew the boy aside

t a bevy of high-spirited girls will think up. And you know what Betty is when once started, she can not be stopped. I rely on you to keep her confidence and hold her back if

and especially when he was made his legal guardian, Bob experienced the novel sensation of having some one interested in his future. Though the various older men he had met were more than willin

ir faculty for planning, and most of the work fell on Bob and Betty. Luckily there was little packing to be done, for the few bits of old furniture were to be sold for what th

u're going to be disappointed, but we mustn't cry over what can't be helped. I've had a wire and

pping on the yellowed silk shawl she was neatly folding. "Oh,

Mr. Gordon. "There's no use grumb

Betty, though keenly disappointed they were not to have his comp

red in the Watterby attic, the furniture carried off to the homes of those who bought it, and th

or their several departures, and Bob and Betty had a last glorious ride on Clover and the ungainly

ue, and when a puff of steam up the track announced the actual approach of the train the two old ladies trembled with nervousness and excitement. Mr. Gordon guided them up the steps of the car, after a tea