pressed Dora to him.

"You best and dearest sweetheart in all the world!" he cried, in a low
tone. "Then I can depend on you? We'll be the happiest couple in the
whole world!"

"Indeed, yes, Dick!" And Dora's eyes fairly beamed with happiness as
she snuggled closer to him. "But about your father," she continued, a
moment later. "I am selfish to forget him. Then he is not so well?"

"He is fairly well, but he gets a bad spell ever so often, and then to
attend to business is out of the question. But that isn't the worst of
it. He has gotten tangled up in some sort of financial scheme with
some brokers in New York City and it is worrying him half to death. He
has told me something about it, but I don't know half as much as I'd
like to know."

"Then you must find out, Dick, and help him all you possibly can,"
declared the girl, promptly.

"I'm looking for a letter from home every day-- I mean one telling
about these financial affairs. As soon as it comes I'll know what to
do."

All too soon the boys' visit to Hope Seminary had to come to an end.
Sam and Tom returned to the biplane and gave the motor a brief
"try-out," which noise reached Dick's ears just as he was trying to
break away from Dora. He gave her a last hug and a kiss and then ran
to join his brothers.