I'd know Ida or Mrs.Hardwick anywhere." "You ought to write home, Jack.

They will be getting anxious about you." "I'm going to write this morning--I put it off, because I hoped to have some news to write." He sat down and wrote the following note: "DEAR PARENTS: I arrived in Philadelphia right side up with care, and am stopping at Uncle Abel's.

He received me very kindly.

I have got track of Ida, though I have not found her yet.

I have learned as much as this: that this Mrs.Hardwick--who is a double-distilled she-rascal--probably has Ida in her clutches, and has sent her on two occasions to my uncle's.