"Yes, grandpa. Oh, please wait a minute. Do you think it would be too
extravagant for me to wear my silk dress?"

"No, let's be reckless and go the whole figure."

"All right," tremulously.

"Good-by."

"Oh, grandpa, wait. Can I bring Anna Belle?" but only silence remained.

Jewel hung up the receiver with a hand that was unsteady, and then ran
through the house and out of doors, leaving every door open behind her in a
manner which would have brought reproof from Mrs. Forbes, who had begun to
be Argus-eyed for flies.

Racing out to the barn, she appeared to 'Zekiel in the harness room like a
small whirlwind.

"Get on your best things, Zeke," she cried, hopping up and down; "my father
and mother are coming."

"Is this an india rubber girl?" inquired the coachman, pausing to look at
her with a smile. "What train?"

"Three o'clock. You're going with me to New York. Grandpa says so; to his
office, and the boat's coming to-night. Get ready quick, Zeke, please. I'm
going to wear my silk dress."

"Hold on, kid," for she was flying off. "I'm to go in town with you, am I?