Do you dream of a whole ranch or only a nest ?" "Well, the fact is," answered Peter Morrison with a most attractive drawl in his slow speech, "the fact is the dimensions of my dream must fit my purse.

Ever since I finished college I have been in newspaper work and I have lived in an apartment in New York except while I was abroad.

When I came back my paper sent me to San Francisco and from there I motored down to see for myself if the wonderful things that are written about Los Angeles County are true." "That is not much of a compliment to us," said Linda slowly.

"How do you think we would dare write them if they were not true ?" This caused such a laugh that everyone felt much easier.

Marian turned her dark eyes toward Peter Morrison.
"Linda and I are busy people," she said.