But there was nothing of the gypsy in him.

He was full of energy and ambition and infused such a wholesome vigor into whatever he did that the young people felt a new enthusiasm in his presence.
"I propose to celebrate the return of the real Tom Gray," announced Mrs.
Gray, "by sending my boys and girls off on a sleighing party this afternoon.

The big old sleigh holds exactly eight.

Reddy, you may drive, since the roads are so familiar to you.

You must all be back at six o'clock, for, remember, to-night we decorate the Christmas tree and every girl freshman in Oakdale High School must have a present on it." Just after lunch, therefore, after a hard morning's work over Mrs.
Gray's "surprise," the young people bundled into the big side-seated sleigh, and tucked the buffalo robes tightly around them.