2/16 The end of each trunk was lettered: "A. Jones." "Well," said Beth, with an amused smile, "he intends to stay a while, anyhow. You'll have a chance to meet him yet, Maud." "I'm glad of that," answered Maud, "for I am anxious to calculate the worth of the life I helped to save. Your reports are ambiguous, and I am undecided whether you are taking the boy seriously or as a joke. From your description of his personal appearance, I incline to the belief that under ordinary circumstances I would not look twice at Mr.Jones, but having been partly instrumental in preserving him to the world, I naturally feel a proprietary interest in him." "Of course," said Flo. |