She'll keep him guessing to the end of time, but the answer
will always give him fresh delight in her."
"You analyze her well," admitted Roberta's uncle. "But that's to be
expected of a man who's been a pastmaster all his life in understanding
and dealing with human nature."
"When it was not too near me, Cal. When it came to the dearest thing
I had in the world, I made a mistake with it. It was only when the boy
came under this roof that he received the stimulus that has made him
what he is. That was sure to tell in the end."
"Ah, but he had your blood in him," declared Calvin Gray heartily.
Thus, all about them, in many quarters, were the young pair
affectionately discussed. Not the least eloquent in their praise were
the youngest members of the company.
"I say, but I'm proud of my new brother," declared Ted Gray, the picture
of youthful elegance, with every hair in place, and a white rose on the
lapel of his short evening-jacket. He was playing escort to the
prettiest of his girl cousins. "Isn't he a stunner to-night?"
"He always was--that is, since I've known him," responded Esther, Uncle
Philip's daughter.
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