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Peggy caught Keineth's elbows and whirled her around. "What would you ever do with it? But where do you sell music? And what is its name?" "I call it 'The Castle of Dreams," answered Keineth with shining eyes. "And Mr. Cadowitz told me there's a music house right here in the city Brown and Co." "Let's go there together! Let's go now! Mother's away and it's just the time!"
He had been right He would be pleased, now, to know the part she was taking with the others. The judges called the match; Keineth caught her breath and ran on to the court. She gave one whispered word to Billy. "We've got to win!" Billy had not enjoyed Keineth's sudden rise into fame. He felt less tolerant and the old grudge flamed into being.
Now that the danger was over she began to enjoy the excitement. "And Pilot saved you!" Billy cried. "We had just missed you and Billy had started up the shore when we heard your cry!" "And it didn't take that dog two seconds to get out to you! Just say he isn't human!" "I thought it was Daddy," Keineth whispered. "What, dear?" Barbara had not caught the words. "You must keep very quiet, Ken.
However, Keineth could not be discouraged. In her mind was one thought only they must win! For, each day, in her room she was writing a careful account of all that happened to send to her Daddy, and failure could have no part in the story. And in the very first match they defeated Molly Sawyer and Joe Gary!
Keineth had suddenly to brush her eyes in order to see the letters. "Your letter found me at one of my many stopping places. It brought to me a breath of home. I shut myself in my room and read and reread it, and it seemed to bring back the old room and the chair that could always hold us both. I could hear your voice, too.
Then Keineth felt very sorry for the old man. She felt, too, that now in some way or other he belonged to her, though not exactly related. "Won't you come home to lunch with me? Then you can meet Peggy and the others and see how glad they are to get Pilot back! They'll be awfully glad to see you, really! Please don't be lonely any more for I'll be your friend!"
Of course they had guessed all sorts of things and he had teased them for quite a little while over it! Then, very quietly, he had said: "Do you think you would like to make a little trip to Washington?" Keineth had not been able to speak. Peggy, jumping from her chair, rushed at her father and threw both arms about his neck. "All of us?" she cried between hugs.
She walked out of the room as she spoke, Peggy cast an entreating look toward her mother. "Mummy, isn't it dreadful? What will we do? She acts so queer!" Mrs. Lee answered very slowly. "Keineth will not believe it, Peggy! But when she does, when her loss comes to her, we must help her in every way! We must make her feel how much we love her and that she is one of us!"
"We will consider it and let you know in a few weeks," he said. Then he shook hands with Keineth and Peggy. "And if you write anything more, please bring it to us." "Oh, Peg, wouldn't it be grand if I could sell lots?" cried Keineth later, in an ecstasy of ambition. "If I wasn't on the street I'd whoop," and Peggy squeezed her friend's arm. "Why, Ken maybe you'll be a master!"
Across the brightly-crowned heads of the children her glance caught Mr. Lee's. "I feel as if my heart had been brushed by fairy wings to-night," she said with a happy sigh. "William, it can't be true!" Keineth, pausing on the threshold of the dining-room door, overheard the words.
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