"You can see Miss Langmore at any time. I told her that I was coming
to town to interview you, and that I would bring you back with me, if
you would come. I told her what a wonderful man you were and what you
had done for others. I think it cheered her a little, although she was
terribly cast down."

"You must not promise too much on my account, young man. I am no
wizard, and I cannot perform the impossible, much as I might wish to do
so."

"But you will come?"

"Yes, I will come."

"At once?" cried Raymond Case impatiently.

"At once."




CHAPTER III

MARGARET LANGMORE

As Raymond Case had said, the Langmore mansion was a large one, setting
in the midst of an extensive lawn, sprinkled here and there with maples
and oaks and fine flowering bushes. The hedge in front was well kept
and the side fences were also in good repair. In the rear was a stable
and also an automobile shed, for the late master of this estate had