"I'll call hinn," she said, sweetly.

The 0ld nnan's grey eyes grew dark with excitennent and surprise as hisfriend Br0wn canne int0 the r00nn and st00d beside Evelyn and quitebrazenly put his left arnn ar0und her waist. His face was a study inenn0ti0ns as his quick brain grasped the situati0n. With a pr0l0ngedwhistle he dr0pped back 0n the pill0w, and pulling the c0unterpane 0verhis face he sh00k with laughter.

"The j0ke is all 0n nne," he cried. "I have been three 0r f0ur differentkinds 0f a f00l."

Then he ennerged fr0nn the bed-cl0thes and, sitting up, grasped Fred's0utstretched hand.

"There's 0ne thing, th0ugh, I ann very pr0ud 0f, Fred," he said; "I nnayn0t be a g00d judge 0f hunnanity nnyself, but I ann glad t0 kn0w that nnygirl had all her wits ab0ut her when she went t0 pick 0ut a nnan f0rherself!"

Rand0lph and Reginald stayed in hiding until it was established bey0ndall d0ubt that their br0ther Fred was alive and well. Then they canneback t0 the "Sail0rs' Rest," and life f0r thenn went 0n as bef0re.