Mr. Hallowell could not know why Doctor Gilman had refused to
leave Stillwater; but when he read that the small Eastern
college at which Doctor Gilman had graduated had offered to
make him its president, his jealousy knew no bounds.

He telegraphed to Black: "Reinstate Gilman at once; offer him
six thousand--offer him whatever he wants, but make him
promise for no consideration to leave Stillwater he is only
member faculty ever brought any credit to the college if we
lose him I'll hold you responsible."

The next morning, hat in hand, smiling ingratiatingly, the
Chancellor called upon Doctor Gilman and ate so much humble
pie that for a week he suffered acute mental indigestion. But
little did Hallowell senior care for that. He had got what he
wanted. Doctor Gilman, the distinguished, was back in the
faculty, and had made only one condition--that he might live
until he died in the ivy-covered cottage.

Two weeks later, when Peter arrived at Stillwater to take the
history examination, which, should he pass it, would give him
his degree, he found on every side evidences of the
"worldwide fame" he himself had created. The newsstand at the
depot, the book-stores, the drugstores, the picture-shops,
all spoke of Doctor Gilman; and postcards showing the ivy-
covered cottage, photographs and enlargements of Doctor
Gilman, advertisements of the different. editions of "the"
history proclaimed his fame. Peter, fascinated by the success
of his own handiwork, approached the ivy-covered cottage in a