There was no hint then of their coming East, but of course many things may have happened in the meantime." The young fellow was so congenial a companion and the girls were so well aware of his loneliness, through lack of acquaintances, that they carried him home with them to spend the evening.

When he finally left them, at a late hour, it was with the promise to be at the station next morning to meet Maud Stanton on her arrival..