"Very well, it was Stover; but he did not say it was you."
"He meant me, all right."
"Maybe this girl has been keeping company with some other fellow."
"I am the only man she has kept company with since she came to Wilford Springs except she has been with Golter, Stover's nephew, a few times."
"You'd better make sure of that."
Harold picked up the 'phone and placed the receiver to his ear. Central did not answer promptly and he rang impatiently.
When he at last got Ruth on the line he said, "Ruth, this is Harold. I want to ask you some very personal questions. I am sure you will understand that I have some good reasons for asking or I would not do so."
"All right, Harold, if you do not ask my age, I probably will be willing to answer," she replied.
"How many times have you gone with Chester Golter?"
"Oh, I suppose about a thousand." Then came a rippling wave of laughter over the wire.