"Sure enough?"

"Yes."

"Then it's me for you, Kiddo, for this world and
the next."

The car swung suddenly to the curb and Mary lifted
her eyes with a start to find herself in front of her
home.

Jim sprang to the ground and lifted her out.

"Keep this coat," he whispered. "We'll need it
tomorrow. What time is your school out?"

"At three o'clock."

"I can come at four?"

"You don't have to work tomorrow?"

He hesitated a moment.

"No, I'm on a vacation till after Christmas.
They're putting through my new patent."

He followed her inside the door and held her hand
in the shadows of the hall.