There was a friendly warmth about all that he said or did, though he said or did little.

She felt that his eyes were mocking, that back in his soul there was some kind of humor over something which she did not understand quite.
After Stephanie had been back in Chicago six months, during which time she saw very little of Cowperwood, who was busy with his street-railway programme, she was swept into the net of another interest which carried her away from him and Aileen for the time being.

On the West Side, among a circle of her mother's friends, had been organized an Amateur Dramatic League, with no less object than to elevate the stage.

That world-old problem never fails to interest the new and the inexperienced.

It all began in the home of one of the new rich of the West Side--the Timberlakes.