"You're it," she cried. "Don't give any one else the credit for starting
you off in the way you know you ought to go. Just take a good deep breath
and race for it."




CHAPTER VI

EXPECTING "KIT"


Mr. Robbins had answered the first letter from Delphi, under Kit's careful
supervision, and the acceptance was couched in language ambiguous enough
to please even her.

It aroused no suspicions whatever in the minds of Dean Peabody or Miss
Daphne. The only question was, who was to meet the child in Chicago. The
through express would leave _him_ there, and in order to connect with the
Wisconsin trains it was necessary to make the change over to the
Northwestern Depot.

Miss Daphne was far more perturbed over it than her brother. One of the
latter's favorite mottoes was inscribed in old English lettering over his
desk:

"_Never set in motion forces which
you cannot control_."