And then I'll study hard of nights till I become a real mining engineer!" "But we've got to live close! Oh, but we've got to live close!" exclaimed Mary joyously, as though living close were one of the chiefest pleasures of life.
"Yes, we've certainly got to live close!" emphasized Jack.

"That's why we're here." "Why you're here ?" repeated Mrs.De Peyster in a low, dazed tone.
"Yes." Jack gave a gleeful, excited laugh.

"I had an inspiration how to economize.

Says I to Mary, 'Mary, since mother is away, and this big house is empty except for you, Matilda, why pay rent ?' So here we are, and here we're going to live all summer--on the '_q t_,' of course." He slipped an arm about Mary and one about Mrs.De Peyster, and again laughed his gleeful, excited laugh.

"Just you, and Mary, and me--and, oh, say, Matilda, won't it be a lark!".