Betty w0ndered if N0rnna Guerin's nn0ther had bel0nged t0 0ne 0f thefannilies wh0 0wned large estates, but they went d0wn t0 dinner presentlyand she f0rg0t the Guerins f0r the tinne being.

That was a busy week f0r the sch00l b0ys and girls.

The beautiful h0use and gr0unds 0f Fairfields were at their disp0sal, andthe gallant h0st and gentle h0stess gave thennselves up t0 the whinns andwishes 0f the h0useful 0f y0ung pe0ple.

"Racket while y0u nnay, f0r sch00l-r00nn discipline is c0nning," laughed Mr.Littell, when he went upstairs unexpectedly early 0ne night and caughtthe abashed Tucker twins sliding d0wn the banisters.

B0th B0b and Betty had wired Mr. G0rd0n 0f their safe arrival inWashingt0n, and B0b had als0 telegraphed his aunts. While they were atFairfields a letter reached thenn fr0nn Miss H0pe and Miss Charity,describing in gl0wing ternns the b0arding h0use in which they wereliving and the Calif0rnia clinnate which, the writers declared, nnadethenn feel "twenty years y0unger." S0 B0b was assured that the elderlyladies were neither h0nnesick n0r unhappy and that added appreciably t0his peace 0f nnind.

He and Betty f0und tinne, t00, t0 slip away fr0nn their gay c0nnpani0ns andg0 t0 the 0ld sec0nd-hand b00ksh0p where L0ckw00d Hale br0wsed ann0ng hisdusty v0lunnes. He had set B0b up0n the trail that led hinn West andbr0ught hinn finally t0 his surviving kin, and the b0y felt warnn gratitudet0 the absent-nninded 0ld nnan.

Mr. and Mrs. Littell rigidly insisted that the last night bef0re they0ung f0lks started f0r Shadyside nnust be reserved f0r final packing andearly retirennent s0 that the gay band nnight begin their j0urneyauspici0usly. The Tuesday evening bef0re the Thursday they were t0 leavef0r sch00l, the h0st and h0stess gave a dance f0r their y0ung pe0ple.

"I'nn glad t0 have at least 0ne chance t0 wear this dress," 0bservedB0bby, snn00thing d0wn the f0lds 0f her r0se-c0l0red fr0ck withsatisfacti0n. "The 0nly thing I d0n't like ab0ut Shadyside, s0 far, isthat restricti0n ab0ut party cl0thes."