In the fullness of his heart he telegraphed to her in case she had not yet left Boomville: "All right.

Have heard news.

Understand perfectly.

Don't worry.

Come to me." Then he left the hotel by the stable entrance in order to evade the guests who had congregated on the veranda, and made his way to a little wooded crest which he knew commanded a view of the two roads from Boomville.