CHAPTER XXIV.
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS With the passing of the Easter holidays unbroken quiet settled down over Oakdale High School.
The boys went back to college and the girls to High School to finish the little that remained to them of their senior year.
The proceeds of the concert had amounted to four hundred and seventy dollars, and with a contribution of five hundred dollars more from Mrs.
Gray, the members of the senior class were the proud possessors of a fund of nineteen hundred and eighty dollars, which was to be presented to Miss Thompson on graduation night as their contribution toward the gymnasium.
The three lower classes had also raised considerable money, but collectively it had not reached the amount earned by the seniors.
The playing of the great Savelli at the concert was still a matter of comment in Oakdale.

There were several persons in the audience who had previously heard him play, and had at once recognized him.

More remarkable still was the fact of his being the father of Eleanor Savelli, and all sorts of rumors sprang up regarding his advent in Oakdale, and his affairs in general.

As for Eleanor, it was some time before she could accustom herself to the idea of having a living father, and a famous one at that.

She had gone down to the carriage on the night of the concert wondering what was in store for her, and had scarcely stepped inside before she had been clasped in the arms of the virtuoso, and addressed as his child.