be
in luck to pinch a little pin-money out of the estate for Sylvia. It's
more than I expected. You think there ain't anything else, Mr. Akins?"

"The Professor talked to me about his affairs frequently, and I have no
reason to think there's anything more. He had five thousand dollars in
government bonds, but he sold them and bought shares in that White River
Canneries combination. A lot of our Montgomery people lost money in that
scheme. It promised fifteen per cent--with the usual result."

"Yes. Andrew told me about that once. Well, well!"

"He had money to educate his granddaughter; I don't know how he raised
it, but he kept it in a special account in the bank. He told me that if
he died before she finished college that was to be applied strictly to
her education. There is eight hundred dollars left of that."

"Sylvia's going to teach," said Mrs. Owen. "I've been talking to her and
she's got her plans all made. She's got a head for business, that girl,
and nothing can shake her idea that she's got a work to do in the world.
She knows what she's going to do every day for a good many years, from
the way she talks. I had it all fixed to take her with me up to Waupegan
for the summer; thought she'd be ready to take a rest after her hard
work at college, and this blow of her grandpa dying and all; but not
that girl! She's going to spend the summer taking a normal course in
town, to be ready to begin teaching in Indianapolis next September. I
guess if we had found a million dollars in her grandpa's box it would
have been the same. When you talk about health, she laughs; I guess if
there's a healthy woman on earth it's that girl. She says she doubled
all her gymnasium work at college to build herself up ready for
business. You know Dr. Wandless's daughter is a Wellesley woman, and
keeps in touch with the college. She wrote home that Sylvia had 'em all
beat a mile down there; that she just walked through everything and
would be chosen for the Phi Beta Kappa--is that right, Daniel? She sort
o' throws you out of your calculations, that girl does. I'd counted on
having a good time with her up at the lake, and now it looks like I'd
have to stay in town all summer if I'm going to see anything of her."

It was clear enough that Mrs. Owen was not interesting herself in
Sylvia merely because the girl was the granddaughter of an old friend;
she admired Sylvia on her own account and was at no pains to disguise
the fact. The Basse