One end of this room was elevated to form a stage, with big portieres for curtains, and Roger, Phil, and Dave rehearsed several of the "turns" they had done at various times at Oak Hall.

The girls practiced a number of songs, and Laura and the senator's son decided to give a dialogue, which they called "Which Mr.Brown Lives Here ?" Word was passed around about the coming entertainment, and it was announced that it would be for the benefit of an old lady, the mother of a cowboy who had been killed in a cattle stampede the season before.

The tickets were placed at one dollar each, the entire proceeds to go to the old lady.

This charity appealed to the cowboys, and every one on the place took a ticket, and then got the cowboys from neighboring ranches to do likewise.
"We'll have to let some of them sit on the veranda and look in through the windows," said Mrs.Endicott, when she heard how many tickets had been sold.

"The room won't hold half of them." "If we have to, we'll give a double performance," said Dave.