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e story-teller turned listener, with interest almost as great as Polly's own. Floyd Westwood begged the physician to allow him one little glimpse of his new-found cousin; but Dr. Dudley was firm, and the eager eyes were not uncovered. Polly soon slipped away to share her joy with her mother, leaving the Doctor and his patient to talk over present plans and future possibilities. CHAPTER X A VISIT FROM ERASTUS BEAN It was yet early the next evening, soon after Dr. Dudley had gone for his usual round at the hospital, that Polly answered the doorbell to return with Erastus Bean. Delight laughed from the little man's weathered face. "There 'tis, my dear! there 'tis!" he chuckled, carefully drawing a folded paper from an inner pocket. He put it in Polly's hand with an impressive bow. "I hope it will make yer a millionaire," he wished, "yis, I do!" Polly thanked him, fingering the letter in a somewhat awed way, but not at all as if she were in a hurry to discover her chances towards millionairedom. Meantime Mrs. Dudley was seating the little man in the easiest chair. Settling himself comfortably, with a profusion of acknowledgments, he rubbed his lean hands together with a reminiscent smile. "I took Jane ridin' in a autymobile this afternoon!" he announced. "You did?" Polly burst out. "Sure thing!" he beamed. "Jane she's been a-wishin' an' a-wishin' she could go skylarkin' off like other folks, an' when that autymobile driv' up this afternoon, you'd oughter seen her eyes! It was a stylish one, I tell yer! An' we went bouncin' up an' down like the best of 'em! Jane she says it was full as good's a weddin' trip!" He was silent a moment, smiling at the remembrance. "I'm so glad you had such a nice ride," purred Polly. "It was proper nice," he agreed. "Yer see," falling into a confidential tone, "I couldn't make out no surer way to git hold o' that letter. Jane she's kind o' cranky sometimes, but she's got her good streaks, and you can coax her into 'most anything. Now when we was whirlin' along there through Cat-hole Pass, on that slick road, I just broached the subjec'. Couldn't 'a' picked out a better minute nohow! She chimed right in, and said 'twas time yer had it, if yer was ever goin' to--an' there it is!" He chuckled like a boy over his bit of stratagem. "Hadn't yer better look at it, my dear," he proposed, "just to make certain it's all right?" Eager that his service should bring
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