time. He had felt himself unable to handle the case alone; the
endurance of a young and vigorous mind was required for the
coming battle in chancery.

They lunched together, the elder eager and confidential, the
other respectful and--absent-minded. In the afternoon the junior
went over the case, and renewed search for authorities and
opinions, fully determined to be constant in spite of his
inclination to be fickle. Late in the day he petulantly threw
aside the books, curtly informed his astonished uncle that he was
not feeling well, and left the office. Until dinner time he
played billiards atrociously at his club; at dinner his mother
sharply reproved him for flagrant inattentions; after dinner he
smoked and wondered despondently. To-morrow she was to sail! If
he could but see her once more!

At 7:30 his mother found him in the library, searching diligently
through the volume of the encyclopedia that contained the G's.
When she asked what he was looking for he laughed idiotically,
and, in confusion, informed her that he was trying to find the
name of the most important city in Indiana. She was glancing at
the books in the case when she was startled by hearing him utter
an exclamation and then lean to his feet.

"Half-past seven! I can make it!"

"What is the matter, Gren dear?"

"Oh!" he ejaculated, bringing himself up with a start. "I
forgot--er--yes, mother, I'll just have time to catch the train,