Five Happy Weeks
varied, called on a certain Miss Purry the very nex
Purry, passing a clammy wedge of a hand to Johnny, who felt the ch
ed smile remained, but it was not the same. "I came to see you ab
ry shook
thout a very specific knowledge of its future." And
stifled a
orrow. "Miss Purry is the last of the fine old families to keep alive the traditions of
der Mr. Russel from saying it. Nearly all of my neighbors tried to buy the rivervi
but it was there; and her reminiscent satisfaction was so c
However, the new-comers are benefited by Miss Purry's resolve-particularly Mrs. Slosher. The Sloshers are just on the other side of the drive fr
Purry's eyes dee
roperty," she stated with painful repression. "The present Mrs. Slosher is a pretty doll, an
s, he somehow divined that William G. Slosher's
ou intend to build there-" she sugg
ment-house in mi
nd very high, no doubt," sh
y assured her. "It would be expensive-no suite less than
the matter," sh
Johnny, whose mind had been fi
ntly; "I've been holding it at two hundred thous
decided Johnny. "Can't we
oon at three," sh
eant to-morrow af
r a twenty-four-hour option?
any way," she declared. "T
Johnny as they drove by. "By George, the apartment
illing to sell," replied Val. "Wha
quarter. They'll go scouting among the listed properties first-and they m
e final committee meeting of the Babies' Fund Fair, but Consta
she greeted him. "I want to show
fortune, as she led the way into the library; and his eyes furthe
dollars an hour for two hundred working hours, beginni
interest. It was ruled into tiny squa
we're through," he said, ad
ed, smiling to herself at his u
have to paste a five-thousand-dolla
e had done it, as she glanced at the record which she had herself set down. "I have
pays me up to next Tuesday, May second, at two o'clock. This is
"That isn't loafing time;
intended to ask her to marry him; and it was pleasant to have her, all unawa
owever. "I notice that none of these Sundays or Saturday afternoons have money in them. According
htly, "May thirtieth is Decoration Day; an
repeated, per
e the date to suit. You know you said you weren't goin
fall," he answered, laughing; then suddenly a dazzling l
nce blushed furiously. "I had intended to give a
he emphatica
he had on tight shoes. He had once made a fatal error before Aunt Patti
though American-born, was a second cousin of Lord Yawpingham. Johnny and
ley came, and everybody b
your newest speculation driving down the A
eculation like th
scandal," decid
al," laughed Constance with a
ort, "but it promises well. Johnny and I called upon a wealthy spinster,
imitated Miss Purry's languishing air so perfectly that Aunt Pattie and Gresham
od," opined Gresham lightly. "Were you trying t
rest which Constance noted, and she turned to Johnny with a quick little
mittee came trooping by twos and threes,-a bright, busy,
ing and Sammy Chirp, and by the fluffy little orphan whom
ay. I stopped at Loring's office to do it, and I'm so proud I'm cross-eyed. Sist
irp, laden with her sun-hat and parasol and fan, her vanity box and lace hand-bag, took her out into the gardens, and the proceedings began as they usually did when Polly Parso
-house," she informed him. "I wish to have a tete-a
ct whatsoever," laughed Loring. "I suppose it's
of the one for fifty thousand dollars which was attempted to be la
It is of the same sort as the
"Fraudulent, proba
ing. "Trouble is, nobody can lo
e been destroyed,
ing to do; but, through some curious psychology which I can n
on?" asked Constance abrup
Loring promptly, looking
ce, now, attachments have been served on Mr. Gamble when the news o
ittle summer-house occupied by Sammy and Winnie, and the low
y sweet verses about my hair. 'The regal color of the flaming sun', she called it. She's dreadfully romantic; but the poor child's afraid she will never have a chance on account of her snub nose. We thought her nose was cute though. Miss Grazie, our professor of ancient history, said my nose was of the most perfect Greek profile she had ever seen-just like that on the features of Clytie, and with just as delicately formed nostrils. We set the funniest trap for her once. Somebody always told the principal when we were going to sneak our fudge nights, and we suspected i
ered Sammy smiling feebly into the eyes of Winnie and
nce. "That lovely little cha
" chuckled Lorin
ance. "Here comes the chairman
part of his scheme of life to be left in charge of his friends, had come in
rfield Bank?" Constance asked Gres
" he replied after careful consideration
g a small account there. Mr. Gamble transferred his funds to that bank to-day-and if he can trust them wit
again Loring turned
didn't know he had opened an account
laughed. "I told a