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The indomitable spirit, refusing to accept defeat, still lived and hoped with a persistence at once extraordinary and pathetic. A gleam of light shot across his pale impassive face as his eyes fell upon his daughter who, in the presence of a stranger, shrank back behind Josie. He beckoned her to him. "Come, my daughter," he said in a clear, musical voice.
There was a sort of track in the sand down the slope, and in this track the young men, half walking, half sliding, descended. "Why, uncle George!" exclaimed Rollo, "they are going down into the crater. Let Josie and me go too." Mr.
"He's gone to Washington," was the reply. "Indeed! Are you quite sure?" "Yes," said the maid; and then Mrs. Dyer's head appeared in the opening and she gave Josie a curious if comprehensive examination. Then: "If you're from one of the schools, I'm sorry to tell you that Professor Dyer went to Washington by the early train this morning. I don't know how soon he will be back.
Finally, however, he came to a point where the light touched his face and Josie instantly recognized Tom Linnet. "He is waiting for someone," she decided, "and Kauffman is still at dinner killing time because it's yet too early to undertake his nefarious task. Tom Linnet may be the tool he has selected, and I ought to get in touch with the boy, somehow, before he meets the arch conspirator.
She turned at the question, and he saw her small, thin little body and pinched face en silhouette against the fading light beyond. He saw, too, that she was stiffening herself as if for some unequal contest. "The invitation?" she questioned dully, but with her head up and steady. "Why," said Josie, "I sent you one. To the party, you know my lawn feet next week."
Then, as everything pointed to a speedy baptism in the lake for all of us, we saw that the very speed of the wind had saved us, and felt the gondola bump broadside upon the dam. Jim sprang to the abutment with Josie, and Cecil Barr-Smith half carried and half led Antonia to the shore.
Then Josephine called them "Boys," which probably does not make a Hit with one who is on the sloping side of 48. More of the Men seemed to awake to the Fact that they were Overlooking something, so they came on the Velvet Foot back to the Dining Room and declared themselves In, and flocked around Josephine and called her "Josie" and "Joe." They didn't care. They were having a Pleasant Visit.
And Mary Louise hurried off to be home in time to see that the little new maid had everything in the way of food exactly right for her beloved young husband. The Higgledy-Piggledy Shop was fortunate in having so many partners or near-partners, for Josie O'Gorman was destined to be very busy for many days in looking into the mystery of Peter and Polly and the handsome young woman of the arches.
A little later he went away, walking boldly down the corridor to the elevator. Josie rose and slipped on her hat and coat. Leaving the hotel, Kauffman made his way down the street to Broadway, Dorfield's main thoroughfare. He wore a soft hat and carried a cane. The few people he passed paid no attention to him.
Montgomery, who now occupied a seat beside Josie, and was as much a youth as his fourteen-year-old son who had entered unobserved while the conversation was going on. "Won't that be glorious!" cried Josie, springing from her seat and clapping her hands with delight. "And I suppose the pantry must suffer for it," said the cheery hostess, who had overheard her husband's suggestion.
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