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“Oh, this is his answer saying he’ll come,” said Ruth, passing the missive to her sister.

“Well of all things!” drawled Agnes. “Doing all that—inviting a strange young man and never saying a word to me!”

“I wasn’t sure he would come,” Ruth said. “After I thought it over and remembered to have heard Nally mention this Hal Dent, I thought it best to ask him. I told him Nally was going to spend about two weeks with us, and suggested that he might like to run over. I said we could put him up.”

“Did you say put him up, or put up with him?” mocked Agnes.

“You know what I mean,” said Ruth. “Anyhow, he’s coming and we’ll have to get another room ready.”

“Well, I’m glad he’s coming,” said Agnes. “It will be another defender for the house when those strange men attempt to break in,” and though she laughed gayly there was another reason why she was glad Hal was coming.

Nalbro Hastings was altogether too fascinating to be turned loose into a company where there were three young ladies and but two young men. In other words the “balance of trade,” to use a business term, was now more even.