"You've earned it over and above your keep," retorted his
father. "It belongs to you."

"If I need it I'll send for it," said Hampden, that being the
easiest way quickly to end the matter.

But he did tell Pauline that he purposed to pay his own way
through college.

"My father has a notion," said he, "that the things one works
for and earns are the only things worth having. And I think one
can't begin to act on that notion too early. If one is trying to
get an education, why not an all-round education, instead of only
lessons out of books?"

From that moment Pauline ceased to regard dress or any other
external feature as a factor in her estimate of Hampden
Scarborough.

"But your plan might make a man too late in getting a
start--some men, at least," she suggested.

"A start--for what?" he asked.

"For fame or fortune or success of any kind."

Scarborough's eyes, fixed on the distance, had a curious look in
them--he was again exactly like that first view she had had of
him.