"I should like to have some of that lovely Egyptian jewelry myself.

But I am quite a pauper, until my brother dies, poor man.

Then--" She hesitated.
"What then ?" asked Braddock, wheeling.
"I shall aid you with pleasure." "It's a bargain!" Braddock stretched out his hand.
"A bargain," said Mrs.Jasher, accepting the grasp somewhat nervously, for she had not expected to be taken so readily at her word.

A glance at Lucy revealed her nervousness.
"Do sit down, father, and finish your dinner," said that young lady.

"I am sure you will have more than enough to do when the mummy arrives." "Mummy--what mummy ?" murmured Braddock, again beginning to eat.
"The Inca mummy." "Of course.