"It is a leisurely day's journey from Walford, and I have been told that it is a pleasant place and a pretty country.

I do not care to travel all the time, and I want to stop a little when I find interesting scenery." [Illustration: "As soon as I had spoken these words"] "Oh, I know the Holly Sprig Inn," said she, speaking very quickly, "and I would advise you not to stop there.

We have lunched there two or three times when we were out on long drives.

There is a much better house about five miles the other side of the Holly Sprig.

It is really a large, handsome hotel, with good service and everything you want--where people go to spend the summer." I thanked her for her information and bade her good-bye.