They knew it when what now is the polo field was their cow pasture.

And whether at the age of twelve or of twenty or more, Helen Page ruled Fair Harbor.

When she arrived the "season" opened; when she departed the local trades-people sighed and began to take account of stock.

She was so popular because she possessed charm, and because she played no favorites.

To the grooms who held the ponies on the sidelines her manner was just as simple and interested as it was to the gilded youths who came to win the championship cups and remained to try to win Helen.