"The Judge asked Uncle Will to take him on the ranch for a while.

He and the Judge were--" Kitty interrupted with enthusiasm.

"It is Professor Parkhill, Patches, the famous professor of aesthetics, you know: Everard Charles Parkhill.
And he's going to spend the summer in Williamson Valley! Isn't it wonderful!" Phil saw a look of relief in his friend's face as Patches answered Kitty with sympathetic interest.

"It certainly will be a great pleasure, Miss Reid, especially for you, to have one so distinguished for his scholarship in the neighborhood.

Is Professor Parkhill visiting Arizona for his health ?" Something in Patches' voice caused Phil to turn hastily aside.
But Kitty, who was thinking how perfectly Patches understood her, noticed nothing in his grave tones save his usual courteous deference.
"Partly because of his health," she answered, "but he is going to prepare a series of lectures, I understand.