perhaps all the way to Dalton and happiness.




CHAPTER XXII

THE PRICE OF TAVIA'S TRESSES


A week had passed at North Birchland, with Dorothy and Tavia enjoying
every succeeding hour better than the last, when the expected lawyers
arrived to interview the victim of the railroad fire.

Fortunately Mrs. White was at home, and more fortunately still was the
arrival of Mr. French with the strange lawyer.

Tavia was flushed and nervous when Dorothy helped her to dress for the
interview.

"Now don't you mind it a bit," said Dorothy. "Just keep thinking that
you might have been very seriously injured, and that the railroad people
should be more careful for the sake of others. Then you will forget all
about the lawyers and their statements."

Mrs. White was talking to the men in the reception room. Certainly the
shock had been severe, she said, and only the fact that Miss Travers was
unusually lively in temperament had saved her from more serious results.

Dorothy entered the room with Tavia.