Louise Graham, entering the dining car for breakfast, received a surprise at beholding Lee Bryant half way along the aisle at one of the smaller tables.

He laid down the spoon with which he was delving into a half of a cantaloupe and got quickly to his feet to greet her.
"So you're home again," he said, after shaking hands.

"Your father told me when I met him that you were in the East.

Will you share my table ?" "I use 'shopping' as a pretext for a jaunt now and then," she laughed, when they were seated.

"Once in a while the lure of city dissipations seizes me; I had a week in Washington and three in New York with friends, which will satisfy me for a few months.