She lifted her face from her hands, and looked him in the eyes. Her own
were shining.
"Because," she said unsteadily, "I couldn't marry the right man--if you
weren't there."
He looked straight back at her without a hint of emotion in his heavy
eyes.
"Quite sure of that?" he asked.
And she laughed again tremulously as she made reply.
"Quite sure, Dick," she said softly, "though I've only just found it
out."
* * * * *
Jerry, tearing in a little later, brimful of city news, noticed that his
sister's face was brighter than usual, but failed, in his excitement, to
perceive a visitor in the room, the visitor not troubling himself to
rise at his entrance.
"News, Vi!" he shouted. "Gorgeous news! The Winhalla Railway is turning
up trumps! The shares are simply flying up. I told Gardner I'd sell at
fifty, but he says they are worth holding on to, for they'll go above
that. He vows they're safe. And who do you think is the capitalist
that's pushing behind? Why, Kenyon!"
He broke off abruptly at this point as Kenyon himself arose leisurely
with a serene smile and outstretched hand.
"Exactly--Kenyon!" he said. "But if you think he's a rank bad speculator
like yourself, sonny, you're mistaken. I didn't make my money that way,
and I don't reckon to lose it that way either. But Gardner's right.
Those shares are safe.
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