"How much will you pay for a sight of the message?"
"Anything in reason."
"And you will never, never, never tell?"
"I give you my pledge that I will not whisper it to any person."
"How about your friend back there? He has a hangdog look which I don't like."
"I'll answer for him; there are worse fellows, though not many. Chester!" commanded Alvin, turning abruptly upon him, "get out of sight and wait for me."
"Yes, sir," meekly answered the youth, turning about and passing into the open air, where he added to himself, with a broader grin than before:
"He doesn't suspect she's kidding him, but that's what she's doing."
The young Captain beamed upon the miss.
"Now I'm ready to have a look at my friend's telegram."