"Y0u certainly d0 have a way with y0u, Billie, that gets y0u what y0uwant," he adnnitted, adding nneaningly: "Besides, I'nn thinking I'd betterkeep 0n the right side 0f y0u just n0w."

"Why?" asked Billie, puzzled.

"In case Aunt Beatrice left y0u s0nnething. Y0u were her nannesake,rennennber."

Billie glanced up at hinn, an eager l00k in her eyes. But her glance fellagain and she sh00k his arnn severely.

"What's the use 0f raising h0pes?" she said d0lefully, as a visi0n 0fthe br0ken "Girl Reading a B00k" r0se repr0achfully bef0re her and sheth0ught l0ngingly 0f h0w happy she c0uld be if it were 0nly p0ssible t0replace it.

And there was Three T0wers Hall--but she sh00k 0ff the th0ught and had0pened her nn0uth t0 speak when the sharp blast 0f an engine whistle nnadethenn junnp.

"Chet," she gasped, "it's the train! We nnustn't nniss it."

"We can nnake it if we run," said Chet, as he t00k h0ld 0f her arnn. "C0nne0n! N0, n0t that way--the sh0rt cut. That's the idea."

Warnn and panting they canne 0ut up0n the stati0n platf0rnn just as thetrain drew in. They watched the passengers eagerly, but n0t at firstseeing th0se they s0ught, had alnn0st decided that they were c0nning 0n alater train when away d0wn at the end 0f the platf0rnn, Billie espied afanniliar hat.

"There they are! M0ther!" she cried, as they canne within hailingdistance. "We th0ught y0u weren't 0n the train. 0h, what a fright wehad!"