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Why should he not go and call on Mrs. Tree? here he was at the house. It was the hour when in cities the sophisticated clustered about five o'clock tea-tables, and tested the comfort of various chairs, and indulged in talk as thin as the china and bread and butter. Five o'clock tea was unknown in Elmerton, but Mrs. Tree would be glad to see him, and he always enjoyed a crack with her.
"You are a home boy, any one can see that." "I know when I am well off!" said the young doctor. Geoffrey Strong certainly was well off. In some singular way, which no one professed wholly to understand, he had won the confidence of both the "Blyth girls," who were usually considered the most exclusive and "stand-offish" people in Elmerton. He made no secret of being in love with Miss Vesta.
"I'll have a try for it, anyhow. The old ladies can't be insulted by my telling them they have the best house in the village." After dinner he went for a walk, and strolled along the pleasant shady street. There were many good houses, for Elmerton was an old village.
The moment I saw it I said, 'That is the house for me! But Doctor Stedman said there was no possible chance of my getting taken in there." "I really do not know how Doctor Stedman should speak with authority on the subject!" said Miss Phoebe Blyth. Young doctor! young doctor! is this the way you are going to comport yourself in the village of Elmerton?
Raising her eyes to the twilight sky, Miss Vesta said, gently, "No, Sister Phoebe, I do not!" ELMERTON, June 20, 1900. DEAR JIM: It is rather curious that you should have written me this particular letter at this particular time. 'Give me a man's coincidences and I'll give you his life! Who is it says that?
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