But I think I'd better meet him in New York." So when the day came Uncle Ted took Patty over to New York, and Bob and Bumble and Nan went too, and it was a group of very long-faced young people who met Mr.Elliott at the appointed time and place.

But Bob said: "Brace up, girls, we're not losing our Patty forever.

She'll spend next summer with us at the Hurly-Burly, and by that time well have beautiful new fire-proof stairs." "Yes," said Bumble, "and she can visit us in Philadelphia in the winter too." Then after many fond good-byes, the Barlows went away, and Patty was left with her Uncle Charlie..