The man could not know the real cause of his gentle old companion's agitation, nor with what anxiety she had considered the matter for many days before she announced her plan.

The fact was that Auntie Sue was taking a big chance, and she realized it fully.

But she could find no other way to secure the services of a competent stenographer for Brian, and, as Brian must have a competent stenographer in order to finish his book properly, she had decided to accept the risk.
"That sounds all right, Auntie Sue," returned Brian.

"But who, pray tell, is Betty Jo ?" "Betty Jo is,"-- Auntie Sue paused and laughed with a suggestion of embarrassed confusion,--"Betty Jo is--just Betty Jo, Brian," she finished.
Brian laughed now.

"Fine, Auntie Sue! That describes her exactly,--tells me her life's history and gives me a detailed account of her family,--ancestors and all." "It describes her with more accuracy than you think," retorted Auntie Sue, smiling in return at his teasing manner.
"I reckon as how she's got more of er name than that, ain't she ?" said Judy, who was a silent, but intensely interested, listener.