sea voyage will do him a world of good. And now," he said, stepping to
her side and putting an arm around her.

She pushed him gently away.

"No," she said; "I do not feel like kissing now," and turning she
entered her father's office, followed by Bince.




CHAPTER VII.

JOBLESS AGAIN.

From her father's works Elizabeth and Harriet drove to the shopping
district, where they strolled through a couple of shops and then stopped
at one of the larger stores.

Jimmy Torrance was arranging his stock, fully nine-tenths of which he
could have sworn he had just shown an elderly spinster who had taken at
least half an hour of his time and then left without making a purchase.
His back was toward his counter when his attention was attracted by a
feminine voice asking if he was busy. As he turned about he recognized
her instantly--the girl for whom he had changed a wheel a month before
and who unconsciously had infused new ambition into his blood and saved
him, temporarily at least, from becoming a quitter.

He noticed as he waited on her that she seemed to be appraising him very
carefully, and at times there was a slightly puzzled expression on her