He followed promptly and bent over her shoulder
while she pointed out the map of North Carolina, the
position of Asheville and the probable route he must
follow to get there.

"Thanks!" he exclaimed gratefully.

"Not at all," she replied simply. "I'm only too
glad to be of service to you."

Her answer emboldened him to ask another question.

"You don't happen to know anything about that
country down there, do you?"

"Why, yes. I know a great deal about it----"

"Sure enough?"

"I've been through Asheville many times and spent a
summer there once."

"Did you?"

His tones implied that he plainly regarded her
as a prodigy of knowledge. His whole attitude
suggested at once the mind of an alert, interested boy
asking his teacher for information on a subject near to
his heart. It was impossible to resist his appeal.