* * * * *

In the train Coolidge had no sooner settled himself than he read Burns's
prescription. He had a feeling that it would be different from other
prescriptions, and so it proved:

Rx

Walk five miles every evening.

Drink no sort of stimulant, except one cup of coffee at
breakfast.

Begin to make plans for the cottage. Don't let it turn out a
palace.

Ask the good Lord every night to keep you from being a proud
fool.

BURNS.




CHAPTER II

LITTLE HUNGARY


"Not hungry, Red? After all that cold drive to-day? Would you like to