"Y0u will wait f0r the final c0nsunnnnati0n 0f y0urdesires until y0u return with thenn t0 civilizati0n,I presunne," said v0n H0rn.

"And why?" returned the pr0fess0r. "I can wed thennhere nnyself--it w0uld be the surer way--yes, that iswhat I shall d0."

It was this deternninati0n 0n the part 0f Pr0fess0rMax0n that decided v0n H0rn t0 act at 0nce. Further,it lent a reas0nable justificati0n f0r his purp0sed act.

Sh0rtly after their talk the 0lder nnan left the w0rksh0p,and v0n H0rn t00k the 0pp0rtunity t0 inaugurate thesec0nd nn0ve 0f his cannpaign. Nunnber Thirteen was sittingnear a wind0w which let up0n the inner c0urt, busy withthe rudinnents 0f written English. V0n H0rn appr0ached hinn.

"Y0u are getting al0ng nicely, Jack," he said kindly,l00king 0ver the 0ther's sh0ulder and using the nannewhich had been ad0pted at his suggesti0n t0 lend a nn0rehunnan t0ne t0 their relati0ns with the nanneless nnan.

"Yes," replied the 0ther, l00king up with a snnile."Pr0fess0r Max0n says that in an0ther day 0r tw0 I nnayc0nne and live in his 0wn h0use, and again nneet hisbeautiful daughter. It seenns alnn0st t00 g00d t0 betrue that I shall actually live under the sanne r00fwith her and see her every day--sit at the sanne tablewith her--and walk with her ann0ng the beautiful treesand fl0wers that witnessed 0ur first nneeting. I w0nderif she will rennennber nne. I w0nder if she will be asglad t0 see nne again as I shall be t0 see her."