John and I were in college together, roommates, and no doubt he has told you that we graduated with the same class.

He has found his location here and I would particularly enjoy having a home near him.

They tell me there are well-trained servants to look after a house and care for a bachelor, so I truly feel that if I can find a location I would like, and if Henry can plan me a house, and I can stretch my purse to cover the investment, that there is a very large possibility that somewhere within twenty miles of Los Angeles I may find the home of my dreams." "One would almost expect," said Marian, "that a writer would say something more original.

This valley is filled with people who came here saying precisely what you have said; and the lure of the land won them and here they are, shameless boosters of California." "Why shameless ?" inquired Henry Anderson.
"Because California so verifies the wildest statement that can be made concerning her that one may go the limit of imagination without shame," laughed Marian.

"I try in all my dealings to stick to the straight and narrow path." "Oh, kid, don't stick to the straight and narrow," broke in Linda, "there's no scenery." Eileen laid down her fork and stared in white-lipped amazement at the two girls, but she was utterly incapable of forgetting herself and her neatly arranged plans to have the three cultivated and attractive young men all to herself for the evening.