"That will not prevent his doing his duty; why, the old man
for very pride will be the first to obey the law. You'll SEE!"

Six months later they did see, since it was mostly due to Fitzmaurice's
efforts that the reform candidate was elected; as a consequence,
Tommy became prosecuting attorney; and, to the amazement of the critics,
made the best prosecuting attorney that the city had ever known.

It was during the campaign that Mrs. Carriswood met him.
Her goddaughter, daughter of the friend to whom years ago she
described Tommy, was with her. This time Mrs. Carriswood
had recently added Florida to her disappointments in climates,
and was back, as she told Mrs. Lossing, "with a real sense
of relief in a climate that was too bad to make any pretensions."

She had brought Miss Van Harlem to see the shops.
It may be that she would not have been averse to Harry Lossing's
growing interested in young Margaret. She had seen a great
deal of Harry while he was East at school, and he remained her
first favorite, while Margaret was as good as she was pretty,
and had half a million of dollars in her own right.
They had seen Harry, and he was showing them through the
different buildings or "shops," when a man entered who greeted
him cordially, and whom he presented to Mrs. Carriswood.
It was Tommy Fitzmaurice, grown into a handsome young man.
He brought his heels together and made the ladies a solemn bow.
"Pleased to meet you, ladies; how do you like the West?" said Tommy.

His black locks curled about his ears, which seemed rather small now;
he had a good nose and a mobile, clean-shaven face. His hands were