"What is it?"

"You say it will cost three hundred dollars a year to keep me in
college?"

"Well?"

"Would you be willing to give father two hundred a year for the next
four years, and let me take care of myself in some business place?"

"So this is your proposal, is it?"

"Yes, sir."

"All I have got to say is, that you have got uncommon assurance. You
propose to defeat my cherished plan, and want me to pay two hundred
dollars a year in acknowledgment of your consideration."

"I am sorry you look upon it in that light, Uncle Godfrey."

"I distinctly decline your proposal. If you refuse to go to college,
I wash my hands of you and your family. Do you understand that?"

"Yes, Uncle Godfrey," answered Grant, crestfallen.

"Go home and think over the matter. My offer still holds good. You
can present yourself at college in September, and, if you are
admitted, notify me."

The lawyer turned back to his writing, and Grant understood that the