Helen had a word to say.

"I think not. I'll go out and see it first, anyhow," she said.

"But really, my dear young lady, it isn't at all necessary. Fact
is, I've already had an offer of a hundred thousand dollars for
it. Now, I should judge that a fair price "

"Very likely," his client interrupted, quietly. "But, you see, I
don't care to sell."

"Then what in the world are you going to do with it?"

"Run it."

"But, my dear Miss Messiter, it isn't an automobile or any other
kind of toy. You must remember that it takes a business head and
a great deal of experience to make such an investment pay. I
really think--"

"My school ends on the fourteenth of June. I'll get a substitute
for the last two months. I shall start for Wyoming on the
eighteenth of April."

The man of law gasped, explained the difficulties again carefully
as to a child, found that he was wasting his breath, and wisely
gave it up.

Miss Messiter had started on the eighteenth of April, as she had
announced. When she reached Gimlet Butte, the nearest railroad