To-day he stood high among the younger men in New York,--prosperous, successful, and a menace to the old cry that a son of the rich cannot thrive in his father's domain.

Nowadays he came to the Old World for his breathing spells.

He was able to combine dawdling and development without sacrificing one for the other, wherein lies the proof that his vacations were not akin to those taken by most of us.
The fortnight in Paris was to be followed by a week in St.Petersburg and a brief tour of Sweden and Norway.

His stay in the gay city was drawing to a close.

That very morning he expected to book for St.
Petersburg, leaving in three days.
Suddenly his glance fell upon a name in the society column before him, "Roxbury Medcroft." His face lighted up with genuine pleasure.