Mrs. Falchion; "and I purpose visiting him again. It is quite probable
that we shall find we have had mutual acquaintances." She looked at
Roscoe meaningly as she said this, but he was occupied with Ruth.

"You were not afraid?" Roscoe said to Ruth. "Was it not a strange
sensation?"

"Frankly, at first I was a little afraid, because the cage swings on the
cable, and it makes you uncomfortable. But I enjoyed it before we got to
the end."

Mrs. Falchion turned to Mr. Devlin. "I find plenty here to amuse me,"
she said, "and I am glad I came. To-night I want to go up that cable and
call on Mr. Boldrick again, and see the mills and the electric light, and
hear your whistle, from up there. Then, of course, you must show us the
mill working at night, and afterwards--may I ask it?--you must all come
and have supper with me at the summer hotel."

Ruth dropped her eyes. I saw she did not wish to go. Fortunately
Mr. Devlin extricated her. "I'm afraid that will be impossible,
Mrs. Falchion," he said: "much obliged to you all the same. But I am
going to be at the mill pretty near all night, and shouldn't be able
to go, and I don't want Ruth to go without me."

"Then it must be another time," said Mrs. Falchion.

"Oh, whenever it's convenient for Ruth, after a day or two, I'll be ready
and glad. But I tell you what: if you want to see something fine, you
must go down as soon as possible to Sunburst. We live there, you know,
not here at Viking. It's funny, too, because, you see, there's a feud